# Incident 20250322014119I: Cessna 172N, Grandbury, TX, March 22, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2025, 10:30 local time
- Place: Grandbury, TX
- Airport: Granbury Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4431° N, 97.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANBURY RGNL (GDJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4431&lon=-97.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73784, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73784) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 95 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250322014119I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 22, 2025, WHILE CONDUCTING A SHORT FILED LANDING MANEUVER ON A PRIVATE PILOT CHECK RIDE AT GRANBURY AIRPORT,  THE PIC OF THE AIRCRAFT STALLED THE AIRCRAFT WHILE ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND CAUSING THE DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER TO TAKE THE CONTROLS AND ATTEMPT TO RECOVER.  DURING THE RECOVERY THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY WHILE VEERING TO THE LEFT.  THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP.  THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT INTO THE SOD AND THEN CONTINUED UNDER PILOT CONTROL ONTO THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PARKING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS.

## Other reports on N73784 (1)

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

- [Incident 20231203021659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231203021659I), Dec 3, 2023: Cessna 172N (N73784), Hamilton, TX, Minor damage. Student pilot on solo flight landed, encountered a crosswind gust component, and departed the runway to the left.

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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