19950117003879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Lafayette, LA · January 17, 1995

Date: January 17, 1995 · 17:15 local
Place: Lafayette, LA
Airport: Lafayette Regional
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N46507
Reported as: Cessna 172K
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 28 total28 in this make and model15 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.

Narrative: the student pilot stated that while practicing touch and go landings, a wind gust raised the aircraft's left wing, resulting in a propeller strike with the runway. The aircraft was taxied to the ramp under its own power without further incident. The student pilot and his flight instructor were counseled by personnel from the baton rouge flight standards district office.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, A WIND GUST RAISED THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING, RESULTING IN A PROPELLER STRIKE WITH THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO THE RAMP UNDER ITS OWN POWER WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE STUDENT PILOT AND HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE COUNSELED BY PERSONNEL FROM THE BATON ROUGE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE.