# Incident 20170125000999I: Cessna 172M, Vacaville, CA, January 25, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2017, 05:00 local time
- Place: Vacaville, CA
- Airport: Nut Tree Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 3WFS
- Location: 38.3782° N, 121.9612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NUT TREE (VCB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3782&lon=-121.9612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9162H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9162H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 120 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170125000999I

## Narrative

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

ON 1/25/2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 1615 HOURS C-172 N9162H PILOTED BY STUDENT PILOT TOOK OFF FROM KVCB (NUT TREE AIRPORT) TO CONDUCT AN AUTHORIZED SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES OF FLIGHT WEATHER CONDITIONS BEGAN TO DETERIRORATE IN THE FORM OF HIGH WINDS AND LOCAL RAIN SHOWERS. PILOT ELECTED TO TERMINATE TRAINING.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT PILOT TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 20. PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND BALLOONED UPON INITIAL TOUCHDOWN AND BECAME AIRBORNE. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO AGAIN LAND THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT BOUNCED AND TOUCHED DOWN OFF CENTER CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART THE RUNWAY SURFACE ONTO THE SOD ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 20. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET INTO THE SOD AND SUNK INTO THE MUD CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE SURFACE. PILOT PERFORMED SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

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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