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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · New Smyrna Beac, FL · April 30, 2014

Date
April 30, 2014 · 14:56 local
Place
New Smyrna Beac, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N370ER
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
36 total36 in this make and model34 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.

During second full stop landing attempt of first solo flight, student pilot lost directional control of aircraft on rollout after touchdown. The aircraft propeller struck the runway pavement and subsequently struck a taxiway sign upon the aircraft's departure from the runway. The student pilot was not injured and damage to the aircraft was limited to the propeller, with additional damage potentially being caused to internal engine components.

As the FAA filed it

DURING SECOND FULL STOP LANDING ATTEMPT OF FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON ROLLOUT AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT AND SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN UPON THE AIRCRAFT'S DEPARTURE FROM THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, WITH ADDITIONAL DAMAGE POTENTIALLY BEING CAUSED TO INTERNAL ENGINE COMPONENTS.