# Incident 20091202051949I: Cessna 172P, Fort Pierce, FL, December 2, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2009, 09:50 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: BEJS
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53797, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53797) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0320
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 551 total, 122 in this make and model, 122 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091202051949I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT WAS LANDING THE AIRCRAFT IN A MEDIUM STRENGTH CROSSWIND. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SLIGHTLY ON TOUCHDOWN. THE STUDENT APPLIED SLIGHT POWER TO CUSHION THE AIRPLANE DESCENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AGAIN AND WAS TRACKING LEFT. THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND INITIATED A GO AROUND. THE AIRPLANE WAS UNABLE TO BECOME AIRBORNE BEFORE IT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY. UPON REACHING THE GRASS, THE CFI REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AND STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N53797 (1)

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

- [Incident 20140122002499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140122002499I), Jan 22, 2014: Cessna 172P (N53797), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. Student was practicing forward slip to land, with instructor on board. As the aircraft aligned over the runway for landing, the student neglected to transition…

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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