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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · New Orleans, LA · May 18, 2011

Date: May 18, 2011 · 12:55 local
Place: New Orleans, LA
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: N6NS
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N520ER
Reported as: Cessna 172S
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 36 total36 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N520ERRegistered now · Cessna 172SS/N 172S8923 · Built 2001 Airframe modelCessna 172S Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&CReciprocating

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 in landing phase, when wind switched direction from a head wind to a strong crosswind. Aircraft drifted over to left side of runway and hit a runway light and a taxiway light. There was no damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS IN LANDING PHASE, WHEN WIND SWITCHED DIRECTION FROM A HEAD WIND TO A STRONG CROSSWIND. AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OVER TO LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY AND HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT AND A TAXIWAY LIGHT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N520ER · 2

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

Accident 20050412030589ATo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Gallup, NM(-23) The pilot told investigators that the aircraft settled firmly back onto the runway following liftoff at Gallup, new Mexico. The nose landing gear contacted the runway and caused structural damage to the aircraft firewall.Apr 12, 2005 · Substantial damage Incident 20041215033529IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Prescott, AZ(-23) Student pilot on solo flight attempted to land at the Prescott airport (prc) Prescott, Arizona. Upon landing the aircraft speed was excessive and the aircraft ran off the end of the active runway. No damage to the aircraft occurred. Student taxied the…Dec 15, 2004