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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands · May 19, 1996

Date: May 19, 1996 · 15:00 local
Place: Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands
Airport: Cyril E King Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N347CM
Reported as: Cessna 172M
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 46 total46 in this make and model11 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: this student pilot was in the st. thomas airport traffic pattern practicing touch and goes when, during a practice landing, he executed a nosewheel first landing. The pilot next applied hard left braking, causing the aircraft to veer to the left and strike an embankment located just off the runway. The pilot was unharmed while the aircraft suffered minor propeller and nosewheel damage.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THIS STUDENT PILOT WAS IN THE ST. THOMAS AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES WHEN, DURING A PRACTICE LANDING, HE EXECUTED A NOSEWHEEL FIRST LANDING. THE PILOT NEXT APPLIED HARD LEFT BRAKING, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE LEFT AND STRIKE AN EMBANKMENT LOCATED JUST OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS UNHARMED WHILE THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR PROPELLER AND NOSEWHEEL DAMAGE.