19951117043899I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172I · Beaufort, SC · November 17, 1995

Date
November 17, 1995 · 12:30 local
Place
Beaufort, SC
Airport
Beaufort County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N46177
Reported as
Cessna 172I
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
285 total60 in this make and model50 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: *certified flight instructor and student pilot were practicing touch and go's and crosswind landings. Reportedly the CFI allowed the student to land slightly sideways and the right main tire contacted the runway first, losing control and going off runway. *examination of the aircraft disclosed a cracked right navigation light lens and a small dent was discovered at the forward right side of the engine cowling. *the engine was reported to have had a sudden stoppage when the propeller blades impacted the ground after the aircraft left hard surface and stopped slightly nose down in muddy ground.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: *CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO'S AND CROSSWIND LANDINGS. REPORTEDLY THE CFI ALLOWED THE STUDENT TO LAND SLIGHTLY SIDEWAYS AND THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY FIRST, LOSING CONTROL AND GOING OFF RUNWAY. *EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT DISCLOSED A CRACKED RIGHT NAVIGATION LIGHT LENS AND A SMALL DENT WAS DISCOVERED AT THE FORWARD RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING. *THE ENGINE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE HAD A SUDDEN STOPPAGE WHEN THE PROPELLER BLADES IMPACTED THE GROUND AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LEFT HARD SURFACE AND STOPPED SLIGHTLY NOSE DOWN IN MUDDY GROUND.