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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Wichita, KS · October 17, 2008

Date: October 17, 2008 · 10:30 local
Place: Wichita, KS
Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N452SM
Reported as: Cessna 172S
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360L2A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 89 total89 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

N452SMRegistered now · Cessna 172SS/N 172S10528 · Built 2007 Airframe modelCessna 172S Engine modelLycoming IO-360-L2AReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) This student pilot was returning from a solo cross country and landed on runway 19L with a 5 knot right crosswind. The aircraft reportedly bounced twice and in the student's words was "hoping side to side". The aircraft departed the left (east) side of the runway and struck two runway lights, putting a dent in the underside of the engine cowling and a scuff on the right wheel fairing. The student taxied the aircraft to the hangar and called the instructor to inform him of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THIS STUDENT PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 19L WITH A 5 KNOT RIGHT CROSSWIND. THE AIRCRAFT REPORTEDLY BOUNCED TWICE AND IN THE STUDENT'S WORDS WAS "HOPING SIDE TO SIDE". THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT (EAST) SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK TWO RUNWAY LIGHTS, PUTTING A DENT IN THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING AND A SCUFF ON THE RIGHT WHEEL FAIRING. THE STUDENT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE HANGAR AND CALLED THE INSTRUCTOR TO INFORM HIM OF THE INCIDENT.