# Incident 19981220044839I: Cessna 152, Kalamazoo, MI, December 20, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1998, 13:01 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Airport: Kalamazoo County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2752° N, 85.5885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalamazoo, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2752&lon=-85.5885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9KA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9KA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 34 total, 34 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981220044839I

## Narrative

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

MR. FICHTNER WAS FLYING HIS 3RD SOLO AND MAKING HIS SECOND LANDING ON THIS FLIGHT. HE WAS MAKING TOUCH AND GO'S ON RUNWAY 09 AT AZO, HIS SPEED WAS 65KT WITH FULL FLAPS CROSSING THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. WHEN HE FLARED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT AND HE STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. HE DOES NOT KNOW WHY HE SWERVED. MR. TODD SWANSON, HIS INSTRUCTOR, WAS WATCHING FROM THE RAMP AND STATED THAT THE LANDING LOOKED GOOD AND THAT HE DID NOT KNWO WHY THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT.

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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