# Incident 20000716035269I: Cessna 152, Richmond, VA, July 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2000, 19:15 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Chesterfield County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69065 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 256 total, 256 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000716035269I

## Narrative

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

(-23)STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO AT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT (FCI) CHESTERFIELD, VIRGINIA. DURING HIS SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 33,PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND STRUCK A (PAPI) PERCISION APPROACH PATH INDICATOR. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT LANDING GEAR FAIRING,  AND PROP BLADE.  PILOT WAS COUNSELED BY FAA, AND HE WILL OBTAIN ADDITIONAL DUAL FLIGHT TRAINING PRIOR TO FURTHER SOLO FLIGHT.  INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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