# Incident 20211124019949I: Cessna 172N, Abbeville, LA, November 24, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2021, 13:00 local time
- Place: Abbeville, LA
- Airport: Abbeville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9754° N, 92.1272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abbeville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9754&lon=-92.1272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738YR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738YR) (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: 38 total, 38 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/20211124019949I

## Narrative

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

PILOT INDICATED HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 AND JUST BEFORE TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED FROM A CROSSWIND AND HIT HARD ON THE RIGHT WHEEL.  PILOT INDICATED HE LOST CONTROL AND WENT TO THE RIGHT INTO THE GRASS AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N738YR (1)

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

- [Incident 20050928021949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050928021949I), Sep 28, 2005: Cessna 172N (N738YR), Raleigh-Durham, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot was completing his first solo cross country flight. He approached runway 5L at appropriate airspeed with weather clear and winds at 4 knots…

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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