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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · Daytona Beach, FL · May 11, 2010

Date
May 11, 2010 · 09:26 local
Place
Daytona Beach, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N9710F
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming I0-360-B1E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
30 total30 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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.

The student pilot was high on the approach. He continued with the landing. He had excess airspeed which made the airplane float down the runway. By the time he touched down he was half way down the runway. He applied heavy braking and the aircraft went off the left side of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS HIGH ON THE APPROACH. HE CONTINUED WITH THE LANDING. HE HAD EXCESS AIRSPEED WHICH MADE THE AIRPLANE FLOAT DOWN THE RUNWAY. BY THE TIME HE TOUCHED DOWN HE WAS HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. HE APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.