# Incident 20210915012449I: Cessna 172N, Traverse City, MI, September 15, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2021, 08:00 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Airport: Cherry Capital
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7416° N, 85.5819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHERRY CAPITAL (TVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7416&lon=-85.5819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23GD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23GD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 16 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210915012449I

## Narrative

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

ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 15, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 EDT, A 1978 CESSNA 172N, A FIXED-WING SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE BEARING REGISTRATION N23GD (SN: 17270903), SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER GOING OFF THE RUNWAY AND STRIKING A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT AT THE CHERRY CAPITAL AIRPORT (KTVC) IN TRAVERSE CITY, MI.  JEFFREY PAUL NOVACK (004530846) WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  THE PIC STATED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (14 CFR) PART 91 IN CONJUNCTION WITH FLIGHT TRAINING TOWARDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND THE FOLLOWING IS THE WEATHER OBSERVATION FROM THE KTVC AT THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF THE INCIDENT:

METAR KTVC 151153Z 24006KT 10SM FEW020 SCT027 SCT048 15/13 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP132 70003 T01500133 10167 20133 53021=

THE PIC STATED HE WAS CONDUCTING HIS FIRST SOLO ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT.  THE PIC RECALLED THAT HE WAS DOING TOUCH AND GOES ON RUNWAY 28 AT KTVC, AND HAD ALREADY MADE ONE LANDING.  AFTER HIS SECOND LANDING, THE PIC STATED THAT HE BEGAN CONFIGURING THE AIRCRAFT FOR TAKE OFF BY RETRACTING THE FLAPS, TURNING THE CARB HEAT OFF, AND ADDING TAKEOFF POWER.  THE PIC STATED THAT AFTER HE ADDED THE POWER, THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY VEERED TO THE LEFT AND WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 28, ACROSS THE INFIELD GRASS, AND ACROSS TAXIWAY G.  THE PIC SAID THE PLANE CAME TO A STOP JUST PAST TAXIWAY G.  THE PIC STATED HE WAS ABLE TO SHUT DOWN, SECURE, AND EXIT THE AIRPLANE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.   AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, IT STRUCK A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE COWLING.

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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