# Incident 20240819021949I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Peachtree City, GA, August 19, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2024, 09:16 local time
- Place: Peachtree City, GA
- Airport: Atlanta Regional Falcon Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3577° N, 84.5725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATLANTA RGNL FALCON FLD (FFC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3577&lon=-84.5725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N788FA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N788FA) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 48 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240819021949I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 19TH 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 09:16 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 172 PILOTED BY A STUDENT PILOT RETURNED TO KFFC FROM A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 31 AT KFFC. DURING LANDING ROLL OUT THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF HARD SURFACE RUNWAY, INTO THE GRASSY AREA ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 175' IN THE GRASSY AREA, STRIKING THE OUTERMOST PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATOR (PAPI) LIGHT, WITH THE OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE LEFT FLAP. AFTER IMPACTING THE PAPI LIGHT, THE STUDENT PILOT EXECUTED A LEFT TURN (APPROXIMATELY 270°) TO RETURN TO RUNWAY SURFACE. THE STUDENT PILOT ELECTED TO TAXI BACK TO RUNWAY 31 AND COMPLETE ANOTHER CIRCUIT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN BEFORE ENDING THE FLIGHT AT THE SCHOOL. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE AND PAINT TRANSFER CONSISTENT WITH THE COLOR OF THE PAPI ON THE OUTERMOST PORTION OF THE LEFT FLAP. NO OTHER EXTERNAL DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE ON THE AIRPLANE. THE LEFT MOST PAPI LIGHT WAS KNOCKED OVER BY THE IMPACT OF THE AIRPLANE.

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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