# Accident 20120526010729A: Cessna 172S, Ft Scott, KS, May 26, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2012, 08:00 local time
- Place: Ft Scott, KS
- Airport: Fort Scott Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7983° N, 94.7692° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7983&lon=-94.7692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5258Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5258Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA342) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120526010729A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM OLATHE, KS, JOHNSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (OJC) TO FORT SCOTT, KS (FSK). UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AT FSK, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A ROCK AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 550 FEET EAST OF RUNWAY 18. EVIDENCE INDICATES THE PILOT MAY HAVE UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A "TOUCH AND GO" LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, ENGINE MOUNTS AND FIREWALL. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WITH WIND ESTIMATED FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT APPROXIMATELY 13 GUSTING TO 23 KNOTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN12CA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA342), May 26, 2012: Cessna 172S (N5258Y), Fort Scott, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s loss of directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot’s diverted attention to retract the flaps.

## Other reports on N5258Y (5)

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

- [Accident 20221112022529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221112022529A), Nov 12, 2022: Cessna 172S (N5258Y), Olathe, KS, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted], C172 was conducting pattern work on runway 36. Shortly after takeoff the aircraft struck two geese in flight. The instructor took the…
- [Incident 20210123000039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210123000039I), Jan 23, 2021: Cessna 172S (N5258Y), Olathe, KS, Minor damage. This aircraft was taking off on runway 18 from Johnson County Executive Airport (ojc) when on climb out at about 300 feet a bird struck the outboard leading…
- [Incident 20200223000379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200223000379I), Feb 23, 2020: Cessna 172S (N5258Y), Olathe, KS, Minor damage. The student pilot was performing solo takeoff and landing practice on runway 18. During a normal takeoff, the aircraft began to drift to the left. The pilot…
- [Incident 20100624041319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100624041319I), Jun 24, 2010: Cessna C172S (N5258Y), New Century, KS, Minor damage. This was the student's second solo flight. At the time of the incident, he was being supervised by his flight instructor. The instructor stated that the…
- [Accident 20090225004399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090225004399A), Feb 25, 2009: Cessna 172S (N5258Y), Olathe, KS, Minor damage. (-23) Prior to the accident, the PIC of N5258Y received an ATC clearance to runway 36 via taxiway b. he held short of the active runway awaiting a clearance to…

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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