# Incident 20110910023679I: Cessna 172N, Atlanta, GA, September 10, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2011, 13:05 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3558E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3558E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110910023679I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT (NO.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) USED INCORRECT CROSS CONTROL TECHNIQUE WHEN LANDING WITH A LEFT CROSSWIND AT PDK.  HE USED LEFT AILERON AND LEFT RUDDER CONTROL INPUTS VS LEFT AILERON AND RIGHT RUDDER.STUDENT PILOT WAS COUNSELLED ON CROSSWIND/CROSS-CONTROL TECHNIQUE. CFI WAS INSTRUCTED TO NOT SOLO THIS SP UNTIL HE DEMONSTRATED PROFICIENCY USING PROPER CROSS CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR CROSSWIND LANDINGS.

## Other reports on N3558E (2)

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

- [Accident 19990719009819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990719009819A), Jul 19, 1999: Cessna 172N (N3558E), Greenville, MI, Substantial damage. (.19)On July 19, 1999, at 2015 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N3558E, collided with a segmented circle around the wind tetrahedron following a loss of…
- [Accident 19940524012279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940524012279A), May 24, 1994: Cessna 172N (N3558E), Mackinac Island, MI, Substantial damage. Landed on last third of runway. Unable to stop. Ran off end runway into a fence.

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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