# Incident 20260927012739I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Waterford, MI, September 27, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2026, 18:02 local time
- Place: Waterford, MI
- Airport: Oakland County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25130, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25130) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260927012739I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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