# Incident 20181130023089I: Cessna 172M, Fort Smith, AR, November 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2018, 09:32 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9869Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9869Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 27 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181130023089I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/30/2018 AT 0932 LOCAL,  A 1975 CESSNA 172M, N9869Q, SERIAL NUMBER 17265813.  REGISTER TO FORT SMITH FLYING CLUB INC. AT FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT (KFSM) HAD JUST TAKEN OFF TO PERFORM TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS.  ON FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 7, PILOT BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN TOUCHED BACK DOWN.  AFTER ROLLING ABOUT A 100 FEET THE AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE LEFT SHARPLY.  PILOT  TRIED APPLYING A HEAVY AMOUNT OF  RIGHT RUDDER BUT  THERE WAS NO RESPONSE, RESULTING IN ROLLING OFF RUNWAY 7 INTO THE GRASS AND STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT.  PILOT SHUTDOWN ENGINE AND CALLED THE TOWER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES  AND  ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. MAINTENCE FOUND NO DEFECTS WITH THE AIRCRAFT THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE AIRCRFT TO PULL TI THE LEFT.

## Other reports on N9869Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20010826026159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010826026159A), Aug 26, 2001: Cessna 172M (N9869Q), Danbury, CT, No damage. (.19)On August 26, 2001, at 1102 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N98 69Q, was substantially damage while landing at Danbury Municipal Airport, Danbury,…
- [Accident 19810629066009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810629066009A), Jun 29, 1981: Cessna 172M (N9869Q), Hornell, NY, Substantial damage. On second landing attempt, touched down 400 feet from departure end of runway. Ran off end into a ditch, nosed over

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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