# Incident 20170308006279I: Cessna 172S, Fort Myers, FL, March 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2017, 09:12 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 26.6406° N, 81.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6406&lon=-81.8723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6027Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6027Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 91 total, 70 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170308006279I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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