# Incident 20171229023889I: Cessna 172S, Centennial, CO, December 29, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2017, 09:20 local time
- Place: Centennial, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N238SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N238SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total, 315 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171229023889I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI) WAS DEMONSTRATING CROSSWIND LANDINGS TO A PRE SOLO STUDENT PILOT ON RUNWAY 17L AT KAPA WHEN THE TOWER WAS REPORTING WINDS AT 250/23 + 29 ON FINAL.  TOWER OFFERED RUNWAY 28, HOWEVER, THE INSTRUCTOR AGAIN REQUESTED 17L FOR A CROSSWIND  LANDING.  ON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT DEPARTING THE RUNWAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY COMING BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY AND DEPARTING THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT FINALLY COMING TO A STOP ON THE RAMP NARROWLY MISSING TWO PARKED AIRPLANES.  THE INSTRUCTOR HAD INITIATED AND ATTEMPED A GO AROUND BUT SUBSEQUENTLY ELECTED TO ABORT AND REMAIN ON THE GROUND.  DURING THE ROLLOUT THE AIRPLANE STRUCK AND DAMAGED A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFT  SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TAIL SECTION AND LEFT MAIN GEAR.  NO FIRE OR INJURIES SUSTAINED, HOWEVER, THE CFR WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE BY THE TOWER.

## Other reports on N238SP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20020804021319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020804021319A), Aug 4, 2002: Cessna 172S (N238SP), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) The commercial pilot flight instructor was conducting dual flight instruction with a commercial pilot at the controls flying from the right seat. The…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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