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FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Midland, MI · June 26, 2024

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Date
June 26, 2024 · 16:30 local
Place
Midland, MI
Airport
Midland, Jack Barstow
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N84879
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total1,000 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
N84879Registered now · Cessna 172KS/N 17258651 · Built 1969Airframe modelCessna 172KEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On June 26, 2024 at 1630 local time, a Cessna 172 aircraft, privacy data omitted, registered to a LLC flying club and flown by a student pilot and flight instructor sustained minor damage during a runway excursion on landing at the Jack Barstow airport (ikw), Midland, Michigan. The flight was being conducted under the provisions of title 14 code of federal regulations (CFR) part 91 training flight without a flight plan. No injuries were reported.

Flight instructor stated the student pilot was flying a stabilized approach to landing on runway 35 when approximately 3 feet from the runway surface the nose of the aircraft began to drift to the left due to a minor crosswind. The instructor called out “right rudder” but the student initially applied left rudder than over corrected with right rudder and right aileron causing the right wingtip and propeller to make contact with the ground before the instructor could take control. The aircraft departed the right side of the runway coming to rest on a paved cross taxiway.

Photographs show minor scratching and aft bending of both propeller blade tips, the right fiberglass wingtip is also broken, but no other damage to the aircraft was noted.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 26, 2024 AT 1630 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REGISTERED TO A LLC FLYING CLUB AND FLOWN BY A STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING A RUNWAY EXCURSION ON LANDING AT THE JACK BARSTOW AIRPORT (IKW), MIDLAND, MICHIGAN. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 TRAINING FLIGHT WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THE STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING A STABILIZED APPROACH TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 WHEN APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY SURFACE THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT DUE TO A MINOR CROSSWIND. THE INSTRUCTOR CALLED OUT “RIGHT RUDDER” BUT THE STUDENT INITIALLY APPLIED LEFT RUDDER THAN OVER CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND RIGHT AILERON CAUSING THE RIGHT WINGTIP AND PROPELLER TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND BEFORE THE INSTRUCTOR COULD TAKE CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY COMING TO REST ON A PAVED CROSS TAXIWAY.

PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW MINOR SCRATCHING AND AFT BENDING OF BOTH PROPELLER BLADE TIPS, THE RIGHT FIBERGLASS WINGTIP IS ALSO BROKEN, BUT NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED.