# Incident 20210828016749I: Cessna 172S, Chesterfield, MO, August 28, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2021, 14:00 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51163, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51163) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 166 total, 75 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210828016749I

## Narrative

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

PILOT OF A CESSNA 172S, REGISTRATION N51163, WAS ON APPROACH TO KSUS RUNWAY 26.  PILOT STATED THAT THE WIND WAS REPORTED TO BE 190 DEGREES AT NINE KNOTS.  PILOT STATED THAT HE OVERHEARD ATC COMMUNICATIONS WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN THAT THERE WOULD BE A RUNWAY CHANGE TO RUNWAY 08 UPON HIS LANDING.  PILOT WAS CONCERNED THAT HE MIGHT BE LANDING WITH A TAILWIND.  UPON TOUCHDOWN, PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO MAKE A HARD TURN TO THE LEFT.  PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS AFRAID TO COUNTER THE TURN WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND AILERON BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THE AIRCRAFT WOULD TIP OVER.  PILOT FELT HE NEEDED TO ADD MORE LEFT PEDAL AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOING LEFT AND ELECTED TO FOLLOW THE TURN INTO THE GRASS OFF THE RUNWAY.  AFTER ENTERING THE GRASS, THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH A RUNWAY SIGN AND TAXIWAY LIGHT.  PILOT DID NOT REALIZE THAT HE HAD HIT ANYTHING AND CONTINUED TO THE PARKING RAMP AFTER REGAINING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND A BENT RIGHT WHEEL PANT BACK PLATE.

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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