# Incident 20030912031569I: Cessna 172S, Kissimmee, FL, September 12, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2003, 09:45 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2836° N, 81.4090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE (FA17), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2836&lon=-81.4090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5190J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5190J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 16 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030912031569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS WAS THE FIRST SOLO FLIGHT FOR THE STUDENT PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. USING RUNWAY 15 AT THE KISSIMMEE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THE STUDENT SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED TWO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE THIRD LANDING WAS INTENDED TO BE TO A FULL STOP AND SUBSEQUENT RETURN TO THE FLIGHT SCHOOL RAMP. DURING INTERVIEW THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, HE LOWERED THE NOSE TO THE RUNWAY AND BEGAN STEERING WITH THE RUDDER PEDALS. SUDDENLY, THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT, AND THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY THROUGH THE GRASS. THE PROPELLER AND MAIN LANDING GEAR OF THE PLANE STRUCK SEVERAL RUNWAY LIGHTS; THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY STOPPED ON THE INTERSECTING RUNWAY. ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS SLIGHTLY BENT, AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUTS WERE SLIGHTLY DENTED IN SEVERAL PLACES. THE WIND WAS CALM. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS USUALLY DRESSED IN A FLIGHT SUIT AND MILITARY BOOTS WHEN HE CAME TO FLY. THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR SUSPECTS THAT THE STUDENT PILOT UNKNOWINGLY APPLIED LEFT BRAKE WHEN HE PUSHED THE LEFT RUDDER PEDAL. THIS IS WHAT CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO VEER TO THE LEFT. THE AIRPLANE WAS IN EXCELLENT MECHANICAL CONDITION, AND THERE WAS CONTINUITY IN ALL CONTROL CONNECTIONS, INCLUDING THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING. THE STUDENT AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE COUNSELED TO UTILIZE PROPER FOOT PLACEMENT ON THE RUDDER PEDALS.

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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