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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Grafton, ND · March 6, 2015

Date: March 6, 2015 · 10:10 local
Place: Grafton, ND
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6021K
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: 94 total94 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N6021KRegistered now · Cessna 172SS/N 172S10181 · Built 2006 Airframe modelCessna 172S Engine modelLycoming IO-360-L2AReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The student pilots was on a local flight to a nearby uncontrolled airport to practice takeoffs and landings. Weather conditions were VMC at both departure and destination/practice airport. The student pilot stated he attempted to get local weather from AWOS but was not successful at the practice airport. The student pilot entered the pattern and saw that winds were 330 degrees at 5 knots on the PFD and consistant with the windsock. As he landed on the first landing of the day, he claims the winds picked up in a gust. Attempting to compensate for the winds, the pilot stated the right wing struck the runway and yawed to the right and pulled the nose down which resulted in a prop strike. The aircraft continued moving to the right and struck a runway light.

As the FAA filed it

THE STUDENT PILOTS WAS ON A LOCAL FLIGHT TO A NEARBY UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VMC AT BOTH DEPARTURE AND DESTINATION/PRACTICE AIRPORT. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO GET LOCAL WEATHER FROM AWOS BUT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL AT THE PRACTICE AIRPORT. THE STUDENT PILOT ENTERED THE PATTERN AND SAW THAT WINDS WERE 330 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS ON THE PFD AND CONSISTANT WITH THE WINDSOCK. AS HE LANDED ON THE FIRST LANDING OF THE DAY, HE CLAIMS THE WINDS PICKED UP IN A GUST. ATTEMPTING TO COMPENSATE FOR THE WINDS, THE PILOT STATED THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND YAWED TO THE RIGHT AND PULLED THE NOSE DOWN WHICH RESULTED IN A PROP STRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED MOVING TO THE RIGHT AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT.