# Incident 20051103026899I: Cessna 172S, Midland, TX, November 3, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2005, 11:25 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland Airpark Airport
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0365° N, 102.1015° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIDLAND AIRPARK (MDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0365&lon=-102.1015&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65536, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65536-2013-01-09) (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: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051103026899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 3, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1125 CST, STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOST CONTROL OF N65536, A CESSNA MODEL CE-172-S, JUST AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 AT MIDLAND AIRPARK (MDD), IN MIDLAND, TEXAS. THE STUDENT HAD RETURNED FROM THE PRACTICE AREA AND WAS PRACTICING TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS AS THE SOLE OCCUPANT IN THE AIRCRAFT. HE HAD MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT DEVIATED OFF RUNWAY (25) AT A 45-DEGREE ANGLE TO THE LEFT IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION, AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON THE GRASS AND DIRT, AND THEN ENTERED TAXIWAY BRAVO THAT PARALLELS RUNWAY 16. THE RECORDED WINDS AT 1726Z, 1126 CST, AND WERE 230 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF GUSTY WINDS UNTIL 1306 CST. THE STUDENT PILOT TAXIED TO THE FLIGHT SCHOOL HANGAR. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT, AND FOUND NO DAMGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. AN INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT IN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 16 WITNESSED THE INCIDENT AND STATED THE APPROACH APPEARED NORMAL.

## Other reports on N65536 (1)

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

- [Incident 20060619010589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060619010589I), Jun 19, 2006: Cessna 172S (N65536), Midland, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On June 14, 2006, the student pilot took off from runway 16 at the Midland air park airport, in Midland, Texas, to perform a solo flight in the traffic…

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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