# Incident 20150421006899I: Cessna 172P, Melbourne, FL, April 21, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2015, 15:15 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64129, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64129) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150421006899I

## Narrative

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

WHILE  STUDENT PILOT WAS LANDING AT MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA DURING A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, CE-172, N64129, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM A HARD LANDING.  STUDENT PILOT DID NOT REALIZE THAT SUCH DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED AND CONTINUED TO HIS FINAL DESTINATION AT SANFORD, FLORIDA.  DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND BY THE NEXT FLIGHT CREW DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION.

AIRCRAFT DAMAGE LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER AND A VERY MINOR INDENTATION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FIREWALL.  SUCH FIREWALL INDENTATION WAS CAREFULLY INSPECTED AND DETERMINED NOT TO REQUIRE MAJOR REPAIR TO ACCOMPLISH CORRECTION.

## Other reports on N64129 (1)

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

- [Incident 20181207023329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181207023329I), Dec 7, 2018: Cessna 172P (N64129), Sanford, FL, No damage. A Cessna 172 operated by L3 commercial training solutions reported a bird strike during pattern work near runway 9R. The crew stated they were flying downwind…

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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