# Accident 20090619009599A: Cessna 172N, Twin Falls, ID, June 19, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2009, 10:00 local time
- Place: Twin Falls, ID
- Airport: Joslin Field - Magic Valley Rg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5641° N, 114.4609° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Twin Falls, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5641&lon=-114.4609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N946CH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N946CH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090619009599A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE AIRMAN, A STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS SECOND SOLO FLIGHT.  AFTER MAKING FIVE (5) TAKEOFFS AND LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT, THE STUDENT PILOT ENCOUNTERED AN UNFORESEEN CROSSWIND WHICH CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OFTHE RUNWAY.  THE STUDENT PILOT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND AT WHICH TIME THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUT FAIRING HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT CAUSING VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR FAIRING AND BRAKING THE RUNWAY LIGHT.  THE STUDENT PILOT COMPLETED THE GO-AROUND AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE WIND WAS 130 @ 8, THE TEMPERATURE WAS 25 DEGREES C. AND THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS 6300.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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