# Incident 20190713021829I: Cessna 172N, Dayton, OH, July 13, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2019, 16:54 local time
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Airport: Dayton-Wright Brothers
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CWBS
- Location: 39.5890° N, 84.2249° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTON/WRIGHT BROTHERS (MGY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5890&lon=-84.2249&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739HC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739HC) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190713021829I

## Narrative

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

THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT (SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT) UNDER 14 CFR PART 141 ON JULY 13, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 1654 LOCAL.  ^MR. EMMANUEL ADDAI,^ A STUDENT PILOT, DEPARTED RUNWAY 02 FROM THE DAYTON-WRIGHT BROTHERS AIRPORT (MGY) IN DAYTON, OHIO AND REMAINED IN THE AIRPORT'S TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR LANDING PRACTICE.  ^MR. ADDAI^ WAS CONDUCTING A SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT AND WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT IN THE AIRCRAFT.  ^MR. ADDAI^ COMPLETED ONE FULL-STOP LANDING ON RUNWAY 02 AND SWITCHED TO COMPLETE ANOTHER FULL-STOP LANDING ON RUNWAY 20 FOR THE SECOND LANDING BECAUSE THE WIND HAD CHANGED DIRECTION, FROM 350 DEGREES TO 190 DEGREES ACCORDING TO ^MR ADDAI.  FOR HIS THIRD LANDING,^ MR. ADDAI^ WITNESSED THE WIND CHANGE DIRECTION AGAIN TO 340 DEGREES AND SWITCHED BACK TO RUNWAY 02.  ^MR. ADDAI^ MADE TWO ATTEMPTS AT LANDING ON RUNWAY 02 BUT ULTIMATELY CONDUCTED GO-AROUNDS.  DURING THE THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT ON THE THIRD LANDING, ^MR. ADDAI^ EXPERIENCED A GUST OF WIND FROM THE LEFT UPON TOUCHDOWN AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  ^MR. ADDAI^ STATED HE FOUGHT TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT BUT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FINALLY PUSHED OFF OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT AND TAXIED ON TO THE GRASS PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUCK AND SEPARATED ONE LIGHT STRUCTURE FROM THE RUNWAY END IDENTIFIER LIGHT SYSTEM ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, ACROSS FROM TAXIWAY B, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT.  ^MR. ADDAI^ WAS ABLE TO RE-GAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 918 FEET ON THE GRASS PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY AND POSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON THE RUNWAY.  ^MR. ADDAI^ THEN TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

REVIEWED BY DWS 06/23/2020

## Other reports on N739HC (2)

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

- [Accident 19940406000329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940406000329A), Apr 6, 1994: Cessna 172N (N739HC), Clarksburg, WV, Substantial damage. Crosswind gust lifted left wing on landing roll. Ballooned came down hard on right gear. Folded nose gear. Flipped.
- [Accident 19790313012829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790313012829A), Mar 13, 1979: Cessna 172 (N739HC), Milwaukee, WI, Substantial damage. Lost control during landing rollout. Hit snowbank. Factors gusty crosswind, inexperience.

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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