# Incident 20040217002629I: Cessna 172P, Minneapolis, MN, February 17, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2004, 12:20 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Crystal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0625° N, 93.3540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRYSTAL (MIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0625&lon=-93.3540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65642, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65642-2011-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040217002629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING 1ST SOLO LANDING AIRCRAFT STARTED TO PORPOISE, STUDENT PILOT PULLED UP ON ELEVATOR ADDED FULL POWER, VEERED OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT WITH PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N65642 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19881202052459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881202052459A), Dec 2, 1988: Cessna 172P (N65642), Lakeland, FL, Substantial damage. Lost control landing first time on a snowpacked runway. Hit a snowbank and overturned. Lacked proper supervision.

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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