# Incident 20090315007309I: Cessna 172S, Daytona Beach, FL, March 15, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2009, 11:51 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N378FA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N378FA-2019-03-05) (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: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 80 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090315007309I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 15, 2009, AT 1130 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA CE-172-S, N378FA, EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OPERATIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 25L AT KDAB, IN DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA.  AS A RESULT OF THE LOSS OF CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS IMPACTING THE GRASS WITH THE PROPELLOR.  AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT, BOTH PROPELLOR BLADES WERE BENT.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED AS A TRAINING SOLO-FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 F CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (14CF4) PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, ON MARCH 15, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HOURS EASTERN DAY LIGHT TIME.

## Other reports on N378FA (2)

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

- [Accident 20110215002769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110215002769A), Feb 15, 2011: Cessna 172S (N378FA), Daytona Beach, FL, Substantial damage. During touchdown on runway 7L at Daytona Beach international airport, the student pilot of N378FA inducted "porpoise" oscillations resulting in a prop strike,…
- [Accident 20031121037519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031121037519A), Nov 21, 2003: Cessna 172S (N378FA), Orlando, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot made hard landing returning from solo cross country flight. Damaged nose gear, prop, firewall, belly skin.

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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