20081101850969I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172F · Big Rapids, MI · November 1, 2008

Date: November 1, 2008 · 10:00 local
Place: Big Rapids, MI
Airport: Roben-Hood
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5339R
Reported as: Cessna 172F
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 23 total23 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

N5339RRegistration cancelled Feb 15, 2018 · Cessna 172FS/N 17252866 · Built 1965 Airframe modelCessna 172F Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Pilot had been practicing takeoffs and landings with instructor prior to first solo. That particular day the student was practicing takeoffs and landings with his instructor and then proceeded to be sent solo with the supervision of his flight instructor. Upon landing, the students' foot hit the brake and steered the aircraft into the runway lights and PAPI lights. Only minimal damage to the airport and aircraft was sustained. The wind was not a factor, it was light and variable at the time of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT HAD BEEN PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS WITH INSTRUCTOR PRIOR TO FIRST SOLO. THAT PARTICULAR DAY THE STUDENT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR AND THEN PROCEEDED TO BE SENT SOLO WITH THE SUPERVISION OF HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. UPON LANDING, THE STUDENTS' FOOT HIT THE BRAKE AND STEERED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE RUNWAY LIGHTS AND PAPI LIGHTS. ONLY MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPORT AND AIRCRAFT WAS SUSTAINED. THE WIND WAS NOT A FACTOR, IT WAS LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.