# Incident 20060619010589I: Cessna 172S, Midland, TX, June 19, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2006, 12:04 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- 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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060619010589I

## Narrative

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

(-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 PATTERN AND MAKE A FULL STOP LANDING. THE WINDS WERE 180 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS GUSTING TO 14, 10 STATUTE MILES VISIBILITY, CLEAR SKIES, 32 DEGREES CELSIUS, 15 DEGREES DEW POINT, ALTIMETER 30.09, AS RECORDED BY THE AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM, AT 1705Z. THE STUDENT EXTENDED THE FLAPS TO FULL AND TRIMMED THE AIRCRAFT TO MAINTAIN 65 KNOTS AIRSPEED ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 16. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED FIRST THEN THE NOSE VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT. THE STUDENT WAS NOT CERTAIN WHAT CAUSED THE NOSE TO VEER SHARPLY, BUT STATED IT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY UNINTENTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING. THE STUDENT IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED BY APPLYING FULL RIGHT RUDDER. THE STUDENT STATED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY MOMENTARILY AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. HE THEN LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 16, AND CAME TO A STOP IN THE DIRT. THE STUDENT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, SECURED THE AIRCRAFT, AND INFORMED HIS INSTRUCTOR OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N65536 (1)

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

- [Incident 20051103026899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051103026899I), Nov 3, 2005: Cessna 172S (N65536), Midland, TX. (-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…

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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