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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Fort Myers, FL · March 8, 2017

Date
March 8, 2017 · 09:12 local
Place
Fort Myers, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N6027Z
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
91 total70 in this make and model20 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.

An student pilot on a solo training flight in a Cessna 172 encountered a gusty crosswind while attempting to land. The aircraft departed the runway into the grass and then ended up on a perpendicular taxiway. The student pilot occupant was not injured and the aircraft sustained no damage.

As the FAA filed it

AN STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT IN A CESSNA 172 ENCOUNTERED A GUSTY CROSSWIND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AND THEN ENDED UP ON A PERPENDICULAR TAXIWAY. THE STUDENT PILOT OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE.