# Incident 20030817020239I: Cessna 172R, Fort Collins, CO, August 17, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2003, 11:15 local time
- Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Airport: Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N872FS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N872FS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 24 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030817020239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT FLYING SOLO, WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AT LOVELAND-FT. COLLINS, CO AIRPORT. THE REPORTED WINDS WERE 240 AT 10 GUSTING TO 13. ON TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO WEATHERVANE AND THE PILOT APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING, THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, SCUFFING THE RIGHT WING TIP, BREAKING THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL FAIRING AND DAMAGING THE PROPELLER.

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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