# Incident 20260620006479I: Cessna 172P, Lafayette, IN, June 20, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2026, 19:00 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operator: 8PUS
- Location: 40.4123° N, 86.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4123&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63366, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63366) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 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/20260620006479I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 20, 2026, AT APPROXIMENTLY 19:00 LOCAL TIME, AT THE PURDUE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT (LAF), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CESSNA SKYHAWK (CE-172-P) WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 28. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE TOUCHDOWN WAS LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE PILOT STATED THAT “THEY ADDED RIGHT RUDDER AND RIGHT ALIERON TO CORRECT WHILE ADDING POWER TO TAKEOFF WHILE FEELING A GUST OF WIND.” THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT AND THE PILOT STATED “THEY REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE AND APPLIED BRAKES WITHOUT ANY RUDDER CORRECTION UNTIL EXITING THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE WAS SHUTDOWN AND TOWED TO THE RAMP FOR PARKING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THERE WAS NO DAMANGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N63366 (2)

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

- [Accident 20081013851459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081013851459A), Oct 13, 2008: Cessna 172P (N63366), Delphi, IN, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot landed solo at Delphi airport (1I9) to meet the examiner for his private pilot practical test. He could not find a place to park on the main…
- [Incident 19990129021209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990129021209I), Jan 29, 1999: Cessna 172P (N63366), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. While being marshalled to a parking spot, acft struck a fence with the right wingtip and the acft turned into a concrete curb in front of the fence. The prop…

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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