20041224034829I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · Lapeer, MI · December 24, 2004

Date
December 24, 2004 · 16:15 local
Place
Lapeer, MI
Airport
Dupont-Lapeer Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
DJXS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N920TA
Reported as
Cessna 172R
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
75 total75 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Student pilot stated that, upon landing runway 18 at D95, he flared too soon, ballooned and was blown off runway centerline by a gust of wind. Attempts to return to runway center using rudder was fruitless as he had exited the runway and run into the bank of plowed snow at the edge. At that point he had applied the brakes, still attempting to recover when the aircraft nosed over, striking the spinner and the prop in the ground. As the aircraft went vertical, it struck both wingtips in the ground, spun around and came to rest upright, facing west.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT, UPON LANDING RUNWAY 18 AT D95, HE FLARED TOO SOON, BALLOONED AND WAS BLOWN OFF RUNWAY CENTERLINE BY A GUST OF WIND. ATTEMPTS TO RETURN TO RUNWAY CENTER USING RUDDER WAS FRUITLESS AS HE HAD EXITED THE RUNWAY AND RUN INTO THE BANK OF PLOWED SNOW AT THE EDGE. AT THAT POINT HE HAD APPLIED THE BRAKES, STILL ATTEMPTING TO RECOVER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, STRIKING THE SPINNER AND THE PROP IN THE GROUND. AS THE AIRCRAFT WENT VERTICAL, IT STRUCK BOTH WINGTIPS IN THE GROUND, SPUN AROUND AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT, FACING WEST.