# Incident 20210831014039I: Cessna 172S, Owls Head, ME, August 31, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2021, 12:05 local time
- Place: Owls Head, ME
- Airport: Knox County Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0601° N, 69.0997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNOX COUNTY RGNL (RKD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0601&lon=-69.0997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N916BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N916BA) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 240 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210831014039I

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT WAS REPORTED TO BE UNEVENTFUL UNTIL APPROACHING RUNWAY 21 AT KRKD. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ?ON SPEED? FOR FINAL APPROACH AND EXPERIENCED SLIGHT ?BUMP? UPON LANDING THAT HE WAS ABLE TO CONTROL.

AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE LEFT AND THAT HE ADDED RIGHT AILERON INTO THE WIND TO COUNTERACT WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE CROSSWIND.

THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT USE BRAKES DUE TO THE SPEED OF THE PLANE. HE STATED THAT HE COULD NOT CONTROL THE PULL TO THE LEFT. HE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AFTER TAXIWAY BRAVO AND STRUCK AN AIRPORT MARKER SIGN WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR.  THE LEFT LANDING GEAR SHEARED THE LOCKING BOLT AND ROTATED AFT AND UP.  THE OUTER PORTION OF THE LEFT AXLE BROKE OFF. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS TILTED TO THE LEFT.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD ADVISED THE NON-CERTIFICATED PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT ABOUT THE USE OF BRAKES IN AN EMERGENCY PRIOR TO FLIGHT. HE STATED THAT THE PASSENGER INFORMED HIM THAT THEY HAD TRIED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS PUSHING ONE OR BOTH RUDDER PEDALS.

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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