# Incident 20150306002759I: Cessna 172S, Grafton, ND, March 6, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2015, 10:10 local time
- Place: Grafton, ND
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4139° N, 97.4062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grafton, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4139&lon=-97.4062&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6021K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6021K) (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: 94 total, 94 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150306002759I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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