# Incident 20160928016379I: Cessna 172N, Fort Lauderdale, FL, September 28, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2016, 15:38 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5283J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5283J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 37 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160928016379I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT RELEASE FOR A SOLO FLIGHT AND ON HIS FIRST LANDING OF RUNWAY 27 ENCOUNTER WAKE TURBULENCE FROM DEPARTING TRAFFIC AHEAD CAUSING AIRPLANE TO VEERED TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N5283J (1)

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

- [Incident 19820119004289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820119004289I), Jan 19, 1982: Cessna 172N (N5283J), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Student lost control on landing on second solo flight. Veered off runway and struck a taxiway 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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