# Incident 20240116000849I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Hays, KS, January 16, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2024, 11:10 local time
- Place: Hays, KS
- Airport: Hays Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8422° N, 99.2732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAYS RGNL (HYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8422&lon=-99.2732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20910, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20910) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 166 total, 166 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240116000849I

## Narrative

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

01/16/2024 AT HAYS REGIONAL AIRPORT, HAYS, KS (HYS) AT APPROXIMATELY 11:10 AM A CESSNA 172 S MODEL CONDUCTED A LANDING. TWO PRIVATE PILOTS ON BOARD OPERATING AS A CREW. PILOT MONITORING OBTAINED WEATHER INFORMATION FORM THE AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVING SYSTEM (AWOS) INDICATING AN 8-KNOT CROSSWIND FOR RUNWAY 34 AT HYS. RUNWAY 22/04 WAS NOTAM CLOSED. ON TOUCHDOWN TO RUNWAY 34 THE AIRCRAFTS LONGITUDINAL AXIS WAS ALIGNED 10 TO 15 DEGREES LEFT OF CENTERLINE. THE LEFT MAIN TIRE TOUCHED DOWN PILOTS NOTICED THE LEFT WING COMING UP INPUT LEFT AILERON TO CORRECT THE WING DROPPING AND INITIATE RIGHT RUDDER. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. AS THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE GRASS THE RIGHT WINGTIP AND PROPELLER CONTACT THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N20910 (2)

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

- [Incident 20241211019199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241211019199I), Dec 11, 2024: Textron Aviation Inc 172S (N20910), Baton Rouge, LA, No damage. The private pilot acting as pilot in command (PIC) was in progress of completing a long cross country flight to meet the requirements for a commercial pilot…
- [Incident 20220516006199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220516006199I), May 16, 2022: Textron Aviation Inc 172S (N20910), Ogden, UT, Minor damage. On may 16, 2022, at approximately 07:23 pm, while conducting instruction on short final to RWY35 at the Ogden Utah airport (ogd), the aircraft struck a pigeon…

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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