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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Seattle, WA · December 8, 2018

Date: December 8, 2018 · 09:30 local
Place: Seattle, WA
Airport: Boeing Field International
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: HUNS
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N374MA
Reported as: Cessna 172S
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 61 total61 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N374MARegistered now · Cessna 172SS/N 172S8076 · Built 1999 Airframe modelCessna 172S Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Based on my interview with the pilot and a witness, a Cessna 172 was practicing touch and goes at Boeing Field International Airport in Seattle. During take-off on the fourth touch and go he noticed that the aircraft was not performing as expected so he looked inside the cockpit in an effort to determine what the issue was; the issue was that he had failed to retract the wing flaps. Because he was focusing his attention inside the cockpit he failed to notice that the aircraft was settling back onto the runway. Once the aircraft contacted the runway it veered off the runway. Once the pilot noticed that the aircraft had veered off the runway he brought the aircraft back onto the runway and in the process struck and damaged two airport taxi lights. Once he regained control of the aircraft he taxied back to the parking ramp. There was minor damage to the right hand landing gear leg fairing. There were no injuries to the pilot or anyone on the ground.

As the FAA filed it

BASED ON MY INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT AND A WITNESS, A CESSNA 172 WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES AT BOEING FIELD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SEATTLE. DURING TAKE-OFF ON THE FOURTH TOUCH AND GO HE NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PERFORMING AS EXPECTED SO HE LOOKED INSIDE THE COCKPIT IN AN EFFORT TO DETERMINE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS; THE ISSUE WAS THAT HE HAD FAILED TO RETRACT THE WING FLAPS. BECAUSE HE WAS FOCUSING HIS ATTENTION INSIDE THE COCKPIT HE FAILED TO NOTICE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SETTLING BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY IT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY. ONCE THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY HE BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY AND IN THE PROCESS STRUCK AND DAMAGED TWO AIRPORT TAXI LIGHTS. ONCE HE REGAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT HE TAXIED BACK TO THE PARKING RAMP. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR LEG FAIRING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR ANYONE ON THE GROUND.