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ON MARCH 29, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 16:40 LOCAL, AIRCRAFT N7889N, A CESSNA 172, LANDED ON RUNWAY 28 AT FME. PILOTING THE AIRPLANE WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CFI. ALSO ON BOARD WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PROSPECTIVE STUDENT PILOT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENDED IN THE GRASS OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT WING SPAR, AND THE PROPELLER. THE WIND WAS 340 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25. ACCORDING TO ONE EYEWITNESS, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG, WHICH IS ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, AND BOUNCED. HE ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE TIRES. TIRE MARKS COULD BE SEEN ON THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS AREA. IN QUESTIONING THE PROSPECTIVE STUDENT PILOT ON BOARD, HE ALSO STATED THAT THE PILOT LANDED LONG. ON APRIL 20, 2015, OPERATIONS ASI BERNARD AND MYSELF INTERVIEWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT OF N7889N ON MARCH 26, 2015, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS DEMONSTRATING CROSS WIND LANDING PROCEDURES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE DOWNWIND LEG, WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 23 KNOTS. HE STATED THAT HE DECIDED TO LAND NO FLAPS DUE TO THE GUSTING WINDS. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE PLANNED TO LAND AT THE WIND SOCK (WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY MID-FIELD). HE STATED THAT HE REDUCED POWER TO IDLE ON FINAL APPROACH. HE LANDED AT THE WINDSOCK AND STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT PICKED UP AND LANDED LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE. HE THOUGHT HE LOST HIS BRAKES AND STATED THAT HE HAD NO INTENTION OF GOING AROUND. HE STATED THAT HE TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH AND RETARDED THE MIXTURE CONTROL BEFORE GOING OFF THE RUNWAY. HE THEN STATED THAT AFTER GOING OFF THE RUNWAY THE WHEEL SANK INTO THE DIRT, THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, LURCHED TO THE LEFT AND THE NOSE GEAR FELL INTO A HOLE. HE SAID THAT HE HEARD A BUMP WHEN THE THE WING AND PROP CONTACTED THE GROUND.