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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Cocoa, FL · March 15, 1997

Date
March 15, 1997 · 08:44 local
Place
Cocoa, FL
Airport
Merritt Island Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N54119
Reported as
Cessna 172P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11 total11 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: privacy data omitted Mr. Smith is a student pilot. Mr. Smith was attempting his first solo landing when he lost control on landing. After the wheels touched down Mr. Smith lost directional control. His flight instructor, mr richard brian allen, certificate number 324545785 was supervising from the ground. The aircraft departed runway 29W to the right and stopped about 100-120' off the runway in an overgrown swamp. The left wing tip was damaged, the left skin near the attaching point to the aircraft was slightly wrinkled and the right fork of the nose landing gear was sheared. The prop was slightly bent. No structure or spar damage. privacy data omitted Uncontrolled airport. Crosswinds may have been a factor. No tower to warn student pilot of possible gusts (crosswind).

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MR. SMITH IS A STUDENT PILOT. MR. SMITH WAS ATTEMPTING HIS FIRST SOLO LANDING WHEN HE LOST CONTROL ON LANDING. AFTER THE WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN MR. SMITH LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, MR RICHARD BRIAN ALLEN, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 324545785 WAS SUPERVISING FROM THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 29W TO THE RIGHT AND STOPPED ABOUT 100-120' OFF THE RUNWAY IN AN OVERGROWN SWAMP. THE LEFT WING TIP WAS DAMAGED, THE LEFT SKIN NEAR THE ATTACHING POINT TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLIGHTLY WRINKLED AND THE RIGHT FORK OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS SHEARED. THE PROP WAS SLIGHTLY BENT. NO STRUCTURE OR SPAR DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT. CROSSWINDS MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR. NO TOWER TO WARN STUDENT PILOT OF POSSIBLE GUSTS (CROSSWIND).

Other reports on N54119 · 1

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