# Incident 20240626007779I: Cessna 172K, Midland, MI, June 26, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2024, 16:30 local time
- Place: Midland, MI
- Airport: Midland, Jack Barstow
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6156° N, 84.2472° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6156&lon=-84.2472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84879, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84879) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240626007779I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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