# Incident 20060316005879I: Cessna 172F, Atlanta, GA, March 16, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2006, 13:52 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Fulton County Airport-Brown Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7791° N, 84.5214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fulton County Airport Brown Field (FTY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7791&lon=-84.5214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8404U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8404U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 8 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/20060316005879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS CALM AND 190 @ 8 KTS. THE STUDENT REPORTED JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT AND THEN WEATHER VANED LEFT AND THEN TOUCHED DOWN ON RIGHT GEAR FIRST AND THEN THE LEFT. THE LANDING WAS VERY FIRM. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO GROUND LOOP AND LURCHED FORWARD. THE THROTTLE WAS PUSHED IN AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED OUT. THE STUDENT NOT SURE IF THE WING TIP HIT FIRST OR THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND FIRST. HE WAS NOT SURE HOW HE RECOVERED, BUT DID AND WAS ABLE TO TAXI BACK TO THE INSTRUCTOR. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THE APPROACH PHASE APPEARED NORMAL. THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN ALSO APPEARED TO BE NORMAL, BUT SHORTLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT STRIKING THE RIGHT WINGTIP AND CAME BACK ON ALL THREE GEAR AFTER A 360 DEGREE TURN. WHEN THE STUDENT REGAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS AGAIN ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE STUDENT SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE THE INSTRUCTOR SAW ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER WHERE IT HAD CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. AT THIS TIME THE INSTRUCTOR CONTACTED THE TOWER AND ADVISED THEM OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N8404U (1)

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

- [Incident 19830731042679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830731042679I), Jul 31, 1983: Cessna 172F (N8404U), El Dorado, AR, Minor damage. Used too much brakes on landing. Swerved to the right. Was practicing touch and go landings. Propeller damaged.

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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