# Incident 20190714006759I: Cessna 172I, Plainwell, MI, July 14, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2019, 11:36 local time
- Place: Plainwell, MI
- Airport: Plainwell Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4678° N, 85.6480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Plainwell Municipal Airport (61D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4678&lon=-85.6480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8407L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8407L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172I (registry code 2072426, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172I
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 8 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190714006759I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 14, 2019 AT 11:30 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), A CESSNA 172L AIRCRAFT, N8407L, REGISTERED TO PLAINWELL AVIATION AND STEM ACADEMY AND OPERATED BY AN STUDENT PILOT FOR A PERSONAL FLIGHT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT OVERRAN THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A FENCE AT THE WEST END OF RUNWAY 27 WHILE MANEUVERING FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 27.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PRIVATE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PLAINWELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (61D), PLAINWELL, MI AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 EDT.

ACCORDING TO THE AIRPORT MANAGER, THE AIRCRAFT MADE THREE ATTEMPTS TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27 AND EACH TIME IT WAS HIGH AND FAST.  ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT, THE PILOT FORCED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN LONG AND FAST CAUSING IT TO DEPART THE END OF THE RUNWAY, PENETRATING A FENCE AND STOPPING IN A DRAINAGE DITCH.

WEATHER AT KAZO AIRPORT AT 16:53Z WAS: WIND 030 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS, CLEAR, 10 STATUTE MILES, TEMP 29 DEW POINT 11 AND ALTIMETER 3015.

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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