# Incident 20211112019439I: Cessna 172K, Riverside, CA, November 12, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2021, 10:54 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9533° N, 117.3961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riverside, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9533&lon=-117.3961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79087, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79087) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 59 total, 59 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211112019439I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 12, 2021 AN AIRMAN LANDED AT THE RIVERSIDE AIRPORT.  DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND NEARLY CAUSED A RUNWAY EXCURSION.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE EXCURSION OCCURRED.  THE AIRMAN ELECTED TO TAXI BACK TO THE RUNWAY(RUNWAY 9) AND TAKE OFF FOR HIS NEXT DESTINATION, THE CAMARILLO AIRPORT.  THE AIRMAN WAS A STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM VAN NUYS.  THE PLAN WAS TO LAND AT RIVERSIDE THEN CAMARILLO AND BACK TO VAN NUYS.

UPON TAKE OFF AT RIVERSIDE THE AIRMAN AGAIN VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRMAN STATED THE LEFT WING DIPPED AND THAT IS WHEN HE BELIEVES THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND.  THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY DAMAGE TO THE WING OF THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRMAN ELECTED TO PARK THE AIRCRAFT IN THE TRANSIENT AREA OF THE RIVERSIDE AIRPORT AND GET A RIDE HOME.  UPON INSPECTION AFTER PARKING THE PILOT NOTICED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROP.

INSPECTORS FROM THE RIVERSIDE AIRPORT WERE CALLED TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N79087 (1)

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

- [Accident 19730406011909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730406011909A), Apr 6, 1973: Cessna 172K (N79087), Oceanside, CA, Substantial damage. 8 In separated from tip. Arpt within range. Plt was too hi,didnt use flaps. Lnd in weed fld near arpt

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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