# Incident 20190913018139I: Cessna R172K, Wappinger Falls, NY, September 13, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2019, 14:07 local time
- Place: Wappinger Falls, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N736UP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N736UP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 831 total, 831 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/20190913018139I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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