# Incident 20200205014209I: Cessna 172S, Poughkeepsie, NY, February 5, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2020, 08:00 local time
- Place: Poughkeepsie, NY
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 10QS
- Location: 41.6946° N, 73.9199° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Poughkeepsie, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6946&lon=-73.9199&mi=10
- Aircraft: N141AA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N141AA) (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: 420 total, 250 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200205014209I

## Narrative

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

ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 AT KPOU A CESSNA 172 N141AA WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO?S WITH A STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR WHEN AT APPROXIMATE 8AM EST, ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY 6, HITTING A TAXIWAY LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND 30 FEET OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 6. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY BEFORE ECHO TAXIWAY, CROSSED STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT WITH ITS RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND CONTINUED ACROSS THE TAXIWAY, COMING TO A STOP IN THE GRASS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR NOTICEABLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS AT THE CONTROLS PRACTICING HIS LANDINGS AND DURING THE TAKEOFF PHASE APPARENTLY STEPPED ON THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL AT ABOUT 45 KNOTS. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS NOT ABLE TO REACT QUICKLY ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM VEERING OFF THE HARD SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN REMOVED FROM THE GRASS AREA AND TOWED TO THE TERMINAL RAMP, WHERE IT WAS CLEANED/INSPECTED. THE FLIGHT SCHOOL FLEW IN A MECHANIC TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN BOTH DEPARTED BACK TO THEIR AIRPORT.

FARMINGDALE, NY FSDO WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS INVESTIGATION

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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