# Incident 20000105000729I: Cessna 172P, Orlando, FL, January 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2000, 14:00 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54180, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54180) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 54 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000105000729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 5, 2000, AT 1400 EST, A CESSNA 172, N54180, OPERATED BY THE COMAIR AVIATION ACADEMY, AND PILOTED BY MS. MARIA A. ALONSO, STRUCK THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY DURING A LANDING AT THE ORLANDO SANFORD AIRPORT, NEAR SANFORD, FLORIDA.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE PROPELLER RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH TIPS.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT, MS. MARIA A. ALONSO, HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE ISSUED ON THE BASIS OF HER SPANISH PILOT CERTIFICATE.  HER CERTIFICATE NUMBER IS PENDING.  THE PLEASURE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT JESUP, GA ON JANUARY 5, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1115EST.

## Other reports on N54180 (1)

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

- [Incident 19860420033699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860420033699I), Apr 20, 1986: Cessna 172P (N54180), Lebanon, NH. Solo student veered off the runway into the grass after landing. Struck a runway light.

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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