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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · Redding, CA · May 26, 2011

Date
May 26, 2011 · 19:30 local
Place
Redding, CA
Airport
Redding Municipal
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
NN3A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N817HA
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
78 total78 in this make and model39 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.

Solo student retuning from a flight was performing a touch and go landing. As he added power he lost directional control and departed the runway and struck a sign. Student did not retract flaps which were full down.

As the FAA filed it

SOLO STUDENT RETUNING FROM A FLIGHT WAS PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. AS HE ADDED POWER HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A SIGN. STUDENT DID NOT RETRACT FLAPS WHICH WERE FULL DOWN.