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FAA incident report · Cessna R172K · Wappinger Falls, NY · September 13, 2019

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Date
September 13, 2019 · 14:07 local
Place
Wappinger Falls, NY
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N736UP
Reported as
Cessna R172K
Reported engine
Continental IO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
831 total831 in this make and model69 in the last 90 days
N736UPRegistered now · Cessna R172KS/N R1722801Airframe modelCessna R172KEngine modelContinental IO-360 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.

N736UP landed on runway 15 at kpou, veered off the runway onto the grass and back onto the runway.

Aircraft was inbound from the east for runway 15, and was cleared to land. The pilot attempted to land on runway 15 and went around. On the second landing attempt the pilot came in high, landed long, and ended up running off the right side of runway 15 into the grass. The aircraft struck a runway light and a threshold light before stopping in the grass, and the pilot taxied the aircraft on his own back towards runway 15. The pilot then proceeded to taxiway charlie where he shut down the aircraft.

The airport director of aviation stated that he heard the engine being throttled up and down, and watched as the Cessna came in very high passing over the intersection of the two runways. Witness reported that the pilot then seemed to point a nose down attitude to try and land on the remaining runway. It looked as the airplane struck one light with a main wheel and the other light with the left strut leaving a dent in the aluminum skin. The pilot taxied over to a local maintenance shop. The local mechanic stated that there was a little dent to the fairing and no other damage.

ATC reported the weather as wind variable at 04, 10 statue miles visibility, and few clouds at 5500 ft.

The pilot was properly certificated at the time of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

N736UP LANDED ON RUNWAY 15 AT KPOU, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS AND BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY.

AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND FROM THE EAST FOR RUNWAY 15, AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 15 AND WENT AROUND. ON THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT THE PILOT CAME IN HIGH, LANDED LONG, AND ENDED UP RUNNING OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 15 INTO THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT AND A THRESHOLD LIGHT BEFORE STOPPING IN THE GRASS, AND THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT ON HIS OWN BACK TOWARDS RUNWAY 15. THE PILOT THEN PROCEEDED TO TAXIWAY CHARLIE WHERE HE SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR OF AVIATION STATED THAT HE HEARD THE ENGINE BEING THROTTLED UP AND DOWN, AND WATCHED AS THE CESSNA CAME IN VERY HIGH PASSING OVER THE INTERSECTION OF THE TWO RUNWAYS. WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE PILOT THEN SEEMED TO POINT A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE TO TRY AND LAND ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY. IT LOOKED AS THE AIRPLANE STRUCK ONE LIGHT WITH A MAIN WHEEL AND THE OTHER LIGHT WITH THE LEFT STRUT LEAVING A DENT IN THE ALUMINUM SKIN. THE PILOT TAXIED OVER TO A LOCAL MAINTENANCE SHOP. THE LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE DENT TO THE FAIRING AND NO OTHER DAMAGE.

ATC REPORTED THE WEATHER AS WIND VARIABLE AT 04, 10 STATUE MILES VISIBILITY, AND FEW CLOUDS AT 5500 FT.

THE PILOT WAS PROPERLY CERTIFICATED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.