# Incident 20000324002149I: Cessna 172P, Melbourne, FL, March 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2000, 12:00 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89989, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89989-2018-09-14) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 20 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000324002149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FRIDAY, 24 MARCH 2000, AT 12:00 EST, MR. DANIEL B. HUDSON, HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 34166730-5, WAS PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF A COMAIR AVIATION ACADEMY CESSNA 172, N89989.  MR. HUDSON WAS FLYING CROSS COUNTRY WHEN HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 4 AT THE MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA.  MR. HUDSON EXECUTED THE LANDING IN A 40 DEGREE CROSS WIND WITH A WIND SPEED OF 12 KNOTS GUSTING TO 26 KNOTS.  AT TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 4, MR. HUDSON RELAXED HIS CROSS WIND CORRECTION AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRFT.  THE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N89989 (1)

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

- [Accident 19850915047299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850915047299A), Sep 15, 1985: Cessna 172P (N89989), Wesley Chapel, FL, Substantial damage. Went off runway side, hit a ditch and nosed over on landing roll. Wind was from 20 degrees aft of the right wing.

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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