# Incident 20000928029509I: Cessna 172N, Boulder City, NV, September 28, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2000, 15:10 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9473° N, 114.8611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER CITY MUNI (BVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9473&lon=-114.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51112, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51112-2014-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 16 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000928029509I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING A STUDENT SOSO FLIGHT, THE PILOT STRUGGLED TO LAND THE AIRPLANE WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS PRESENT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT DECIDED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS IN ORDER TO GAIN BETTER CONTROL BY REDUCING LIFT AND INCREASING THE WEIGHT ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR.  WHILE REACHING FOR THE FLAP HANDLE, THE PILOT'S ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED AND HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  THE AIRPLANE RAN OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE PROPELLER HIT THE GROUND RESULTING IN PROPELLER DAMAGE AND SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE.  THE FLIGHT SCHOOL THAT RENTED THE AIRPLANE TO THE STUDENT PILOT COUNSELED HIM CONCERNING THIS INCIDENT AND CANCELED THE SCHEDULED PRIVATE PILOT CHECK RIDE.  THE SCHOOL PLANS TO CONDUCT ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO VERIFY HIS PROFICIENCY PRIOR TO RECOMMENDING HIM FOR THE PRIVATE PILOT PRACTICAL TEST.  SINCE THE PILOT IS NOT YET A CERTIFIED PILOT, THE FLIGHT SCHOOL'S ACTIONS ARE DEEMED ADEQUATE AND NO FURTHER ACTION BY THE FAA IN NEEDED.

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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