# Incident 20210123002579I: Cessna 172P, Miamisburg, OH, January 23, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2021, 13:30 local time
- Place: Miamisburg, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6309° N, 84.2707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miamisburg, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6309&lon=-84.2707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51580, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51580) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210123002579I

## Narrative

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

ON 01/23/21 AROUND 1:30PM LOCAL, AT DAYTON WRIGHT BROTHERS AIRPORT (MGY),

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A STUDENT PILOT, WENT TO THE AIRPORT AROUND NOON ON SATURDAY 1/23/21. SHE DEPARTED MWO AND PROCEEDED TO FLY TO MGY TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. SHE FLEW NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS. SHE HAD DONE 3 CIRCUITS IN THE PATTERN PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. AFTER A NORMAL LANDING, PILOT REACHED OVER AND RETRACTED FLAPS AND ADVANCED THROTTLE. AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY HEADING LEFT. ENTIRE AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LANDING RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT WITH CO-PILOT SIDE STRUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CONTINUED TO TAXI ONTO TAXIWAY. PILOT SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT ONCE REACHING THE RAMP AREA. AFTER DISCUSSING THE DAMAGE WITH THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^CHIEF PILOT, SHE FLEW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO MWO. NO FURTHER DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY THE FLIGHT BACK TO MWO. AFTER INTERVIEWING THE PILOT, SHE BELIEVED SHE MAY HAVE PUSHED ON THE LEFT RUDDER AS SHE ADVANCED THE THROTTLE. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO PROCEED TO THE LEFT.

## Other reports on N51580 (2)

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

- [Incident 20010616012549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010616012549I), Jun 16, 2001: Cessna 172P (N51580), Lancaster, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot took off to accomplish cross country flight. He was unable to establish radio contact to open flight plan and elected to return to the…
- [Incident 19890604065019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890604065019I), Jun 4, 1989: Cessna 172P (N51580), Kawanee, IL. Engine lost power. Emergency landing on road. Exhaust valve was stuck and push rod was bent.

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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