# Incident 20240104000159I: Cessna 172N, Elkhart, IN, January 4, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2024, 13:28 local time
- Place: Elkhart, IN
- Airport: Elkhart Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7194° N, 86.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKHART MUNI (EKM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7194&lon=-86.0032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739UF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739UF) (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: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240104000159I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 04, 2024 AT 1325 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 172, OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO PRACTICE AT ELKHART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (EKM) DEPARTED THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 1600FT BEYOND THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD OF RWY 27 HIT A RUNWAY MARKER LIGHT AND CONTINUED APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 300FT DOWN THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS AND CAME TO REST JUST SHORT OF TAXIWAY B3.  THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES.   THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT GEAR STRUT COVER WHERE IT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY LIGHT, RIGHT TIRES IS FLAT SPOTTED AND THE PROPELLER HAS SIGNS OF A STRIKE AT THE TIP OF ONE OF THE BLADES. LOCAL WEATHER OBSERVATIONS AT 1328 LOCAL WAS VRB04KT 10SM OVC030 M01/M07 A3033.

THE PILOT STATED HE HAD COMPLETED 9 TOUCH AND GOES AND THAT ON HIS LAST LANDING HE WAS PREPARING TO CONTINUE ON FOR ANOTHER TAKEOFF BY RETURNING FLAPS TO 0DEG, TURNED OFF CARBURETOR HEAT AND BEGAN TO APPLY RIGHT RUDDER AS HE APPLIED FULL THROTTLE.   UPON FULL THROTTLE THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT AND HE REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE RIGHT RUDDER AND BEGAN TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE LEFT RUDDER TO GET BACK TO CENTERLINE AND THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY AND HIT A LIGHT.   THE STUDENT PILOT SAID HE APPLIED BOTH BRAKES, REDUCED THE THROTTLE, AND BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE GRASS.  THE PILOT STATED THE HE BELIEVED THAT HE INADVERTENTLY APPLIED THE RIGHT BRAKE PEDAL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO APPLY LEFT RUDDER.

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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