# Accident 20090804048069A: Cessna 172S, Calera, AL, August 4, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2009, 16:30 local time
- Place: Calera, AL
- Airport: Shelby County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1806° N, 86.7806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1806&lon=-86.7806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2110Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA443](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA443) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090804048069A

## Narrative

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

FIRST SOLO FLIGHT: TOTAL FLIGHT TIME: 23.1 HOURS, TOTAL TIME IN AIRCRAFT: 23.1 HOURS, 3.4 HOURS IN LAST 30 DAYS. STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTING FIRST SOLO LANDING TOUCHED DOWN AT MID FIELD (2500') BOUNCED TWICE, THEN RE-APPLIED POWER TO GAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. AIRCRAFT TORQUED LEFT (P FACTOR), PILOT REDUCED POWER AND CONTINUED A ROLL OUT TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY IMPACTING AN EMBANKMENT, COLLAPSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, BECAME AIRBORNE (3-6' FOR 30'), RE-IMPACTED THE CROSS TAXI WAY, THEN CONTINUED ON TO THE AIRCRAFTS FINAL RESTING PLACE 150' FROM CROSS TAXI WAY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER, AND LOWER FORWARD PORTIONS OF THE AIRFRAME.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA09CA443](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA443), Aug 4, 2009: Cessna 172S (N2110Q), Alabaster, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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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