# Incident 19970315009479I: Cessna 172P, Cocoa, FL, March 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1997, 08:44 local time
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54119, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54119-2018-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970315009479I

## Narrative

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

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)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20020712019839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020712019839A), Jul 12, 2002: Cessna 172P (N54119), Cocoa, FL, No damage. (-23) On July 12, 2002 at approximately 0930 EDT a Cessna CE-172-9 aircraft made a damaging hard landing while operating on a title 49, 14 CFR part 91 solo…

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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