# Incident 20190528023579I: Cessna 172S, Belleville, MI, May 28, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2019, 12:00 local time
- Place: Belleville, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2403° N, 83.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2403&lon=-83.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5253C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5253C) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 190 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190528023579I

## Narrative

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

KYIP TOWER CALLED EMI FSDO APROX. 1300L AND INFORMED FSDO THAT AIRCRAFT N5253C PILOT HAD CALLED IN TO TOWER AFTER LANDING AND REPORTED A TIE DOWN HOOK MISSING UPON A ROUGH LAND ON RUNWAY 23R. TAIL TIE DOWN WAS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION UPON ARRIVAL AT AIRCRAFT PARKED LOCATION.

DURING DOWNWIND LEG OF LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 KYIP TOWER REQUESTED THAT N5253C CHANGE TO RUNWAY 23R FOR LANDING AND N5253C CONFIRMED NEW RUNWAY 23R. STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING AIRCRAFT DURING APPROACH AND FINAL. CROSSWIND FACTOR WAS 8-10 KNOTS FOR RUNWAY 23R AND WAS WITH IN LIMITS. DURING FLARE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT FROM STUDENT PILOT TO CORRECT LANDING CONFIGURATION, AS TOO HIGH / TOO SLOW.

INSTRUCTOR COMMENTED THAT HE DID NOT COMMUNICATE TO STUDENT PILOT THAT HE WAS TAKING CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT VERBALLY OR IN GESTURE TO CORRECT FLARE CONDITION.

DURING FURTHER DISCUSSION INSTRUCTOR COMMENTED THAT GO AROUND COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OPTION AND TO COMMUNICATE TO STUDENT PILOT THAT INSTRUCTOR WAS TAKING CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N5253C (1)

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

- [Incident 20170425003879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170425003879I), Apr 25, 2017: Cessna 172S (N5253C), Howell, MI, Minor damage. Instruction flight. Landing practice was being done at ozw. During a flare out for landing a deer was seen migrating onto the runway. Instructor pilot took…

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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