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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172L · Toughkenamon, PA · May 2, 2025

Date
May 2, 2025 · 14:46 local
Place
Toughkenamon, PA
Airport
New Garden Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3869Q
Reported as
Cessna 172L
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
158 total28 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While the pilot was practicing landings, he did not correct for the crosswind which cause the airplane to veer to the right upon landing. The airplane subsequently left the runway surface, went into the grass and the propeller struck a construction barrier. Minor damage was noted to the propeller and nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS, HE DID NOT CORRECT FOR THE CROSSWIND WHICH CAUSE THE AIRPLANE TO VEER TO THE RIGHT UPON LANDING. THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY LEFT THE RUNWAY SURFACE, WENT INTO THE GRASS AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK A CONSTRUCTION BARRIER. MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR.