A Cessna C172 trainer aircraft carrying two people was damaged after veering off the runway at Baramati airfield in Pune Maharashtra, India.
According to India’s Civil Aviation Ministry, the aircraft, operated by Carver Aviation’s flying academy, was involved in a runway excursion at around 12:25pm on a Sunday afternoon, August 9.
No injuries or fatalities were reported.
The aircraft was being flown by flight instructor Captain Chirag Shashikant Doifode, while trainee Abhijeet Jundre was also onboard.
The aircraft was conducting a Circuit and Landing Emergencies training exercise. It had taxied out at around 12:09pm before carrying out rejected take-off exercises on runways 29 and 11.
During the exercise, the aircraft was unable to stop within the paved surface and veered off to the right beyond the threshold of runway 29, resulting in the runway excursion.
The ministry said that the aircraft sustained damage to its propeller, engine cowling and nose landing gear.
