# Incident 20081017850949I: Cessna 172S, Wichita, KS, October 17, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2008, 10:30 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N452SM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N452SM) (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: 89 total, 89 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/20081017850949I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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