# Incident 20230529014019I: Cessna 172N, State College, PA, May 29, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2023, 15:17 local time
- Place: State College, PA
- Airport: University Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7910° N, 77.8568° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of State College, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7910&lon=-77.8568&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5386J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5386J) (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: 51 total, 51 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230529014019I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 29, 2023, AT 1400 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING A RUNWAY EXCURSION INCIDENT AT UNIVERSITY PARK AIRPORT (UNV) WHEN IT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY DURING A CROSSWIND LANDING AND STRUCK AN ELEVATED RUNWAY LIGHT.  THE STUDENT PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT.

THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED JOHN MURTHA JOHNSTOWN/CAMBRIA COUNTY AIRPORT (JST) ON THE SECOND LEG OF A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO UNV.   THE ASSIGNED CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) REVIEWED THE STUDENT PILOT’S CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT PLANNING AND COMPLETED THE REQUIRED LOGBOOK ENDORSEMENTS PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT.  THE WEATHER FORECAST INCLUDED VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS AT UNV WITH WIND FROM 050 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS.  NEARING UNV, THE STUDENT PILOT OBTAINED THE AUTOMATIC TERMINAL INFORMATION SERVICE (ATIS) DATA WHICH INDICATED WIND FROM 130 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 16 KNOTS WITH THE WIND DIRECTION VARIABLE BETWEEN 100 AND 160 DEGREES.  THE STUDENT PILOT EVALUATED THE ATIS DATA AND CONTACTED UNV CONTROL TOWER FOR CLEARANCE TO LAND.  UNV CONTROL TOWER ISSUED A CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 06 AND THE STUDENT PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED.   THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED HOLDING A RIGHT CRAB ANGLE FOR WIND CORRECTION UNTIL ESTABLISHED ON SHORT FINAL FOR TOUCHDOWN.  HE THEN ALIGNED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE LANDING DIRECTION USING LEFT RUDDER APPLICATION AND CORRECTED FOR DRIFT USING RIGHT AILERON APPLICATION.  UPON RUNWAY TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND EXITED RUNWAY 06 BY TEN (10) FEET.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN ELEVATED RUNWAY LIGHT, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING STRUT AND LEFT LANDING GEAR STRUT FAIRING.

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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