# Incident 20190408010729I: Cessna 172S, Mesa, AZ, April 8, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2019, 16:10 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: O00S
- 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: N653ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N653ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 434 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190408010729I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 8, 2019, AT 2310Z ON LANDING TO 30L (KIWA), A C-172 N653ND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN, DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING AND GO-AROUND, THE INSTRUCTOR LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT SIDE, ACROSS THE INFIELD, STRIKING THE WINGTIP AND TAIL SECTION, AND CAME TO REST ON THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY.   THE INTRUCTOR, STUDENT PILOT, AND BACK-SEAT OBSERVER WERE UNINJURED.

THE CFI VISUALLY CHECKED THE LANDING GEAR AND TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  TOWER PERSONNEL WERE UNAWARE OF THE INCIDENT UNTIL BEING CONTACTED BY THE FLIGHT SCHOOL.

NTSB RECEIVED PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE AND CLASSIFIED IT AS AN INCIDENT DUE TO MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N653ND (1)

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

- [Accident 20220306003689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220306003689A), Mar 6, 2022: Cessna 172S (N653ND), San Carlos, CA, Substantial damage. San Carlos, CA (sql): N653ND, C172, late report: Experienced hard landing that caused damage to Floor of aircraft. Damage not discovered Immediately. POB: 1,…

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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