# Incident 20170603013189I: Cessna 172S, Nashville, TN, June 3, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2017, 08:30 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 1WES
- Location: 36.1659° N, 86.7844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1659&lon=-86.7844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N387SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N387SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 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/20170603013189I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A SOLO FLIGHT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO PRACTICE LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 20.  DURING THE FIRST LANDING OF THE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, HITTING THREE TAXIWAY LIGHTS AND COMING TO A STOP IN THE GRASSY AREA ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY.  THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT.

THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED WINDS 080 AT 4 KNOTS AT THE TIME OF THE LANDING.  NOAA DATA INDICATED THE WINDS WERE 050 AT 6 MILES PER HOUR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE LANDING, WHICH FAVORS THE USE OF RUNWAY 02 AT THIS AIRPORT.  NOAA DATA INDICATED THE WINDS WERE VARIABLE AT 5 MILES PER HOUR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AFTER THE LANDING.

## Other reports on N387SP (2)

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

- [Incident 20231021016929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231021016929I), Oct 21, 2023: Cessna 172S (N387SP), Smyrna, TN, Minor damage. The student encountered high crosswind conditions at mqy after completing his first solo-cross country. During the landing on runway 32, the aircraft porpoised…
- [Incident 20180411003539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180411003539I), Apr 11, 2018: Cessna 172S (N387SP), Lebanon, TN, Minor damage. The stuednt pilot was conducting a solo flight from kmqy to M54. Landing weather was checked via the AWOS. The pilot states he touched down just beyond the…

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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