# Incident 20241214019239I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Denton, TX, December 14, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2024, 12:10 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Airport: Denton Enterprise
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U9FS
- Location: 33.2020° N, 97.1991° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENTON ENTERPRISE (DTO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2020&lon=-97.1991&mi=10
- Aircraft: N789FA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N789FA) (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: 42 total, 42 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241214019239I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE ATC REPORT, THIS AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 36R, AND THE AIRCRAFT EXCURSED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ON THE LAST PART OF THE LANDING ROLLOUT.  METAR DTO 141753Z 29007KT 10SM CLR 19/06 A3017, INDICATING A LIGHT LEFT CROSSWIND 7 MINUTES BEFORE THE INCIDENT. THE TOWER SECURITY CAMERAS CAPTURED THE WINDSOCK AT APROXIMATELY THIS SAME DIRECTION AND VELOCITY (50% EXTENSION) AS THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY, DECELERATED, NEARLY COMPLETED ITS LANDING ROLL, THEN ABRUPTLY TURNED LEFT INTO THE DIRT BEYOND THE LEFT EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT, STOOD UP ON ITS NOSE AND RIGHT WING TIP IN THE SOFT DIRT, THEN SETTLED BACK DOWN ON ITS LANDING GEAR.THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT. DAMAGE ASSESMENT REVEALED THE LEFT WINGTIP'S LEADING EDGE SKIN WAS DENTED, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR LEG'S SHEETMETAL FAIRING WAS DEFORMED, THE PROP WAS BENT, AND THE ENGINE HAD SUFFERED A PROPELLER STRIKE / SUDDEN STOPPAGE EVENT. THE PILOT SCHOOL'S SMS REPORTS ALIGN WITH THE ABOVE NARRATIVE.

## Other reports on N789FA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20260311002579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260311002579I), Mar 11, 2026: Textron Aviation Inc 172S (N789FA), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. During the landing rollout, a few hundred feet beyond the 1,000-foot markers, the left main landing gear tire experienced a blowout. The aircraft began to veer…

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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