# Incident 20170109004209I: Cessna 172P, Sanford, FL, January 9, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2017, 15:19 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Sanford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.8228° N, 81.2633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANFORD (FL55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8228&lon=-81.2633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5470K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5470K) (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: 70 total, 70 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170109004209I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS A SOLO STUDENT PILOT. HE HAD A STABLE APPROACH UNTIL ROUND OUT IN THE FLARE. DURING THE FLARE THE STUDENT PILOT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT OF CENTER LINE AND STAYED ON THE RIGHT SIDE UNTIL TOUCHDOWN. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT FOR BEING RIGHT OF CENTERLINE BY APPLYING LEFT RUDDER, BUT DID SO WITH TOO MUCH LEFT RUDDER CAUSING THE PLANE TO VEER LEFT ACROSS THE RUNWAY AND ONTO THE GRASS. UPON ENTERING THE GRASS THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. THE STUDENT PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC TELLING THEM HE HAD WENT ONTO THE GRASS, AND THEN CORRECTED TO GET BACK ON THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP.

## Other reports on N5470K (1)

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

- [Incident 20190718012109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190718012109I), Jul 18, 2019: Cessna 172P (N5470K), Sanford, FL, Minor damage. Pilot landed with student on board, during taxi the aircraft swerved off taxiway into grass and r/h strut hit the taxiway light causing minor damage

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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