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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172F · New Century, KS · July 25, 2015

Date
July 25, 2015 · 11:00 local
Place
New Century, KS
Airport
New Century
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8199U
Reported as
Cessna 172F
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
15 total15 in this make and model15 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.

Student pilot was landing on rwy 4 at ixd. When the pilot began his flare for landing, a wind gust caused the aircraft to drag the left wing tip on the runway surface, and eventually an excursion off the paved surface into tall grass and soft terrain. This loss of control also caused the propeller to strike the ground.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS LANDING ON RWY 4 AT IXD. WHEN THE PILOT BEGAN HIS FLARE FOR LANDING, A WIND GUST CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DRAG THE LEFT WING TIP ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE, AND EVENTUALLY AN EXCURSION OFF THE PAVED SURFACE INTO TALL GRASS AND SOFT TERRAIN. THIS LOSS OF CONTROL ALSO CAUSED THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND.