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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Textron 172S · Waterford, MI · September 27, 2026

Date
September 27, 2026 · 18:02 local
Place
Waterford, MI
Airport
Oakland County International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N25130
Reported as
Textron 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
20 in this make and model

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.

Aircraft was configured for landing at 200 AGL. Practicing crosswind landings. Instructor thought student had aircraft under control. Student was correcting for crosswind. When the instructor realized aircraft control was in jeopardy and took over the aircraft, the aircraft exited the landing runway. Instructor applied aerodynamic braking but the aircraft proceeded through the grassy median striking a taxiway light with the left main landing gear leg strut coming stopping on the taxiway adjacent to landing runway. Instructor requested taxi to parking.

The only noted damage to the aircraft is a dent on the leading edge of the left landing gear strut fairing.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED FOR LANDING AT 200 AGL. PRACTICING CROSSWIND LANDINGS. INSTRUCTOR THOUGHT STUDENT HAD AIRCRAFT UNDER CONTROL. STUDENT WAS CORRECTING FOR CROSSWIND. WHEN THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZED AIRCRAFT CONTROL WAS IN JEOPARDY AND TOOK OVER THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE LANDING RUNWAY. INSTRUCTOR APPLIED AERODYNAMIC BRAKING BUT THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED THROUGH THE GRASSY MEDIAN STRIKING A TAXIWAY LIGHT WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG STRUT COMING STOPPING ON THE TAXIWAY ADJACENT TO LANDING RUNWAY. INSTRUCTOR REQUESTED TAXI TO PARKING.

THE ONLY NOTED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS A DENT ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT LANDING GEAR STRUT FAIRING.