# Incident 20240827011379I: Cessna 172B, Moses Lake, WA, August 27, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2024, 13:36 local time
- Place: Moses Lake, WA
- Airport: Grant County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2086° N, 119.3191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANT COUNTY INTL (MWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2086&lon=-119.3191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6928X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6928X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 178 total, 145 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240827011379I

## Narrative

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

ON 8-27-2024 THE PILOT DIVERTED TO THE GRANT COUNTY/ MOSES LAKE AIRPORT DUE TO GUSTY WIND AND TURBULANCE. THE PILOT ATTEMTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 32, RESULTING IN A GO-AROUND DUE TO GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 32, UPON TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT WING RAISED, RESULTING IN THE RIGHT-WING TIP MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND PROPELLER STRIKE. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER TIPS WITH NO ENGINE STOPPAGE. PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO PARKING WITHOUT INCIDENT. PILOT STATED DURING THE INTERVIEW THAT HE FAILED TO USE PROPER CROSSWIND LANDING TECHNIQUE.

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