# Incident 19951117043899I: Cessna 172I, Beaufort, SC, November 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1995, 12:30 local time
- Place: Beaufort, SC
- Airport: Beaufort County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4531° N, 80.7186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaufort, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4531&lon=-80.7186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46177, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172I (registry code 2072426, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172I
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 60 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951117043899I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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