# Incident 20080209010879I: Cessna 172S, Wichita, KS, February 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2008, 10:30 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: Z08S
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N816KW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N816KW) (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: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080209010879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON RETURNING FROM A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM PONCA CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (PNC) TO WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT, (ICT) THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE CESSNA 172 ON RUNWAY 01R AT ICT IN A CROSSWIND, (WIND 310 DEGREES AT 17 GUSTING TO 22 KNOTS) AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PERSONS. FOLLOWING THE PROP STRIKE THE STUDENT PILOT TAXIIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RAMP UNDER ITS OWN POWER.

## Other reports on N816KW (1)

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

- [Incident 20091029050729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091029050729I), Oct 29, 2009: Cessna 172S (N816KW), Auburn, AL, Minor damage. While practicing ILS approaches at Auburn, Alabama (auo), aircraft hit trees on final approach to runway 11. Aircraft recieved minor damage with no reported…

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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