# Incident 20120306003149I: Cessna 172S, Philip, SD, March 6, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2012, 10:50 local time
- Place: Philip, SD
- Airport: Philip
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0487° N, 101.5988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILIP (PHP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0487&lon=-101.5988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N957TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N957TA-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 31 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120306003149I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 6, 2012, A STUDENT PILOT FLEW N957TA, A CE-172-S, ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM PIERRE, SD TO PHILIP, SD. THE PILOT WAS COMING IN FOR A TOUCH AND GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 30. HE CAME IN FAST AND FLOATED ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE 4000 FOOT RUNWAY.  AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND LOCKED THEM UP.  HE THEN LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT WING TIP HITTING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE PROP, RIGHT WING TIP AND ENGINE COWLING. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND THE WINDS WERE GUSTING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. THE PILOT HELD A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE.

## Other reports on N957TA (1)

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

- [Accident 20170731010209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170731010209A), Jul 31, 2017: Cessna 172S (N957TA), West Seattle, WA, Substantial damage. Engine had a catastrophic failure during descent to Boeing field when the crank shaft completely seprated at approximately its midpoint. Instructor pilot…

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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