# Incident 20180601006759I: Cessna 172N, Mesa, AZ, June 1, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2018, 12:58 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4223° N, 111.8226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesa, AZ, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4223&lon=-111.8226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501MP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N501MP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 83 total, 30 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180601006759I

## Narrative

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

MESA, AZ (FFZ): N501MP, C172, AT FFZ, THE PILOT WAS EXECUTING A T/G ON RWY 22L AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AT TXY D3. HE REGAINED CONTROL AND REENTERED THE RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT AT APROX TXY D3. SOME LIGHTS WERE OBSERVED BROKEN BY THE A/C. PILOT DID NOT REQUEST ANY ASSISTANCE AND TAXIED TO PARKING. AIRPORT NOTIFIED ABOUT BROKEN LIGHTS. AS STATED BY THE PILOT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON NORMAL APPROACH AND IN GROUND EFFECT UPON LANDING, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED WITH NO ISSUE.   THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN WITH AN EXTREME YAW TO THE LEFT WAS EXPERIENCED BY THE PILOT IN WHICH THE AIRCRAFT EXCURED FROM THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A COUPLE LIGHTS AS STATED BY THE PILOT. AND THEN THE PILOT CORRECTED THE AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT MENTIONED HE HAS A HABIT OF LETTING HIS FEET REST ON THE TOP OF THE RUDDER PEDALS DURING FLIGHT.  COUNSELING WAS GIVEN TO THE PILOT FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES.

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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