# Incident 20211016018709I: Cessna 172N, Eden Prairie, MN, October 16, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2021, 13:34 local time
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739ZG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739ZG) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total, 33 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211016018709I

## Narrative

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

2021-10-16 N739ZG WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RWY 28R AT KFCM AFTER TOUCHDOWN

THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM A CROSS COUNTRY TO HOME FIELD ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RWY 28R FOR A FULL STOP. THE PILOT HAD JUST RECEIVED HER CERTIFICATE THAT YEAR SO EXPERIENCE WAS MINIMAL. THE WINDS WERE FROM THE LEFT AND OVER THE HOUR SINCE SHE HAD DEPARTED THEY HAD GONE FROM STEADY TO GUSTS UP TO 19 KTS. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT THE 850 FT MARK AND SWERVED LEFT ABOUT 15 DEGREES OFF CENTERLINE, WHICH WAS DIRECTLY INTO THE WIND. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE HITTING A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT. IT THEN PROCEEDED THROUGH THE GRASS FOR 200 FT BEFORE COMING UP ON THE INTERSECTING RUNWAY PAVEMENT. AT THAT POINT THE PILOT STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT WITH BRAKES AND CALLED FOR A TAXI BACK TO PARKING.

THE PILOT CALLED FOR MAINTENANCE TO LOOK AT THE AIRCRAFT. THE MECHANIC NOTED THE DENTS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE COWLING, NOTED NO AIRWORTHY DEFECTS AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. TOWER WAS NOTED VIA PHONE MESSAGE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE PAVEMENT.

THE FAA DID HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE PILOT AND HER CFI AT THE FLIGHT SCHOOL. THE POINT WAS STRESSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND PREPARE FOR THE LATEST WIND UPDATES, IN THIS CASE THE GUST FACTOR, AND DO THIS BY HOLDING IN CROSSWIND CONTROL INPUTS THROUGHOUT THE LANDING ROLLOUT UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT STOPS. THE TECHNIQUE OF INPUTTING THESE INPUTS AT ALL TIMES DURING THE TAXI TO BUILD SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND GOOD HABIT PATTERNS WAS ALSO TOUCHED ON. THE FLIGHT SCHOOL DID DIRECT A COUPLE OF EXTRA TRAINING FLIGHTS PRIOR TO ADDITIONAL SOLO FLIGHT.

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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