# Incident 20240419005399I: Cessna 337G, Oxford, CT, April 19, 2024 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: April 19, 2024, 14:29 local time - Place: Oxford, CT - Airport: Waterbury-Oxford - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10 - Aircraft: N222LJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N222LJ) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 337G (registry code 2075730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337g) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 337G - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport - Pilot flight hours: 6,293 total - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240419005399I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AT KOXC, ON 4/19/2024 AT 1429 EDT, AT OR NEAR THE MOMENT OF TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASSY AREA TO THE RIGHT OF THEIR HEADING. WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND DRY AND WINDS WERE GUSTING FROM HEADING OF 150 DEGREES. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD, THE PILOT CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT, AND A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WHO WAS ADMINISTERING RECURRENT TRAINING FOR THE MAKE/MODEL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. DAMAGE WAS TO THE FRONT ENGINE PROPELLER BLADES, RIGHT WING TIP AREA, RIGHT HAND AILERON, RIGHT VERTICAL STABILIZER LOWER STRUCTURE AND FAIRING, AND POSSIBLE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY. PILOT IN CONTROL STATED THAT WHILE IN THE FLARE FOR LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, POSSIBLY BY A GUST OF WIND. PILOT IN CONTROL STARTED TO PERFORM CROSSWIND CORRECTION WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS AND RUDDER BUT THE AIRCRAFT WASN'T CORRECTING. THE PILOT CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT THEN ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND ADDING FULL POWER. AFTER A COUPLE OF SECONDS, THE PILOT CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT REALIZED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WASN'T RESPONDING QUICKLY ENOUGH TO THE INCREASE IN POWER. AT THAT TIME, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED INTO THE GRASSY AREA AND THE PILOT IN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DECIDED TO REDUCE POWER TO IDLE. THE CFI NEVER TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AT ANY POINT IN THIS SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. THE PILOTS FELT THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING AND FRONT NOSE AREA OF THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY STOP AND LIST TO THE 2 O'CLOCK POSITION WITH THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT TIPPING TO A NEAR VERTICAL POSITION AS THE PROP DUG INTO THE GROUND. ## Other reports on N222LJ (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20220411005279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220411005279I), Apr 11, 2022: Cessna 337G (N222LJ), Burlington, VT, Minor damage. Pilot setup to land via a straight-in to rwy 15 at kbtv. Winds were out of the southwest at about 5 knots. No reports of gust. At about touch-down and as the… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.