20110315004139I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Ocean City, MD · March 15, 2011

Date
March 15, 2011 · 10:00 local
Place
Ocean City, MD
Airport
Ocean City Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5290V
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
36 total36 in this make and model15 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.

Student pilot was flying solo to practice turns and stalls. Attempting to land on rwy 14 in oxb, the pilot stated the aircraft yawed to the right and an abrupt pitch down attitude that scared him so he did a go around. Pilot returned and landed on rwy 14 without further incident. At the hangar the pilot noticed the propeller had struck the runway. No damage to the airframe.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING SOLO TO PRACTICE TURNS AND STALLS. ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RWY 14 IN OXB, THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE RIGHT AND AN ABRUPT PITCH DOWN ATTITUDE THAT SCARED HIM SO HE DID A GO AROUND. PILOT RETURNED AND LANDED ON RWY 14 WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.AT THE HANGAR THE PILOT NOTICED THE PROPELLER HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY.NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME.