# Incident 20020920026309I: Cessna 172M, Sumter, SC, September 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Sumter, SC
- Airport: Sumter Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9950° N, 80.3613° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUMTER (SMS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9950&lon=-80.3613&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73388, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73388) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 11 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020920026309I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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