# Incident 20060706023219I: Cessna 172N, Montgomery, NY, July 6, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2006, 15:00 local time
- Place: Montgomery, NY
- Airport: Orange County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5118° N, 74.2635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE COUNTY (MGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5118&lon=-74.2635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734DS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060706023219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON HIS FIRST SOLO ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 03 AT ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT, MONTGOMERY, NY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE SIDE. THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A GOPHER HOLE WITH THE NOSE WHEEL AND BENT THE PROPELLER CAUSING A SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE. THIS WAS THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT'S MEDICAL CERTIFICATE/STUDENT PILOT'S CERTIFICATE WAS ENDORSED FOR THIS SOLO.

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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