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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Mesa, AZ · November 2, 2017

Date
November 2, 2017 · 15:15 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
OG5S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N606ND
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
30 total30 in this make and model30 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.

During a part 141 day-vfr student solo, the aircraft experienced a pilot induced increased approach speed, resulting in an excessive ballooning, and subsequent hard landing causing minor damage to the firewall and a left (pilot?s) floor panel. The student pilot sole-occupant was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

DURING A PART 141 DAY-VFR STUDENT SOLO, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A PILOT INDUCED INCREASED APPROACH SPEED, RESULTING IN AN EXCESSIVE BALLOONING, AND SUBSEQUENT HARD LANDING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL AND A LEFT (PILOT?S) FLOOR PANEL. THE STUDENT PILOT SOLE-OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED.