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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Sumter, SC · September 20, 2002

Date: September 20, 2002 · 16:00 local
Place: Sumter, SC
Airport: Sumter Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N73388
Reported as: Cessna 172M
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 11 total8 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N73388Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17267420 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Student pilot on second solo was attempting to land on rwy 23 at Sumter airport SC, on roll out the aircraft lost directional control and departed the runway, crossed the taxiway and came to rest in a ditch parallel to the runway. No injuries or fire. The nose gear fork sheared off, the propeller had sudden stoppage and one blade was bent aft and the right wing tip fairing was cracked. No major damage was noted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON SECOND SOLO WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RWY 23 AT SUMTER AIRPORT SC, ON ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, CROSSED THE TAXIWAY AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES OR FIRE. THE NOSE GEAR FORK SHEARED OFF, THE PROPELLER HAD SUDDEN STOPPAGE AND ONE BLADE WAS BENT AFT AND THE RIGHT WING TIP FAIRING WAS CRACKED. NO MAJOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED.