# Incident 20171211022979I: Cessna 172R, Brooksville, FL, December 11, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2017, 11:00 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 1Z4S
- Location: 28.5166° N, 82.4047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brooksville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5166&lon=-82.4047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9417Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9417Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0-360-B1E (registry code 41559, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0-360-b1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-360-B1E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171211022979I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 11, 2017, AT 1100 EST A CESSNA AIRCRAFT, CO., MODEL 172R, N9417Z THAT IS REGISTERED TO AMERICAN AVIATION INC., HAD A PROPELLER STRIKE AGAINST A RUNWAY THRESHOLD LIGHT AT THE BROOKSVILLE HERNANDO COUNTY AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 9.  THE PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AND WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH THE PROPELLER STRUK THE LIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURIED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BROOKSVILLE AIRPORT AT 0900 ON DECEMBER 11, 2017.

## Other reports on N9417Z (3)

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

- [Incident 20260623008462I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260623008462I), Jun 23, 2026: Cessna 172R (N9417Z), Brooksville, FL, Minor damage. Aircraft #1 struck aircraft # 2 from behind while taxing
- [Incident 20260516010179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260516010179I), May 16, 2026: Cessna 172R (N9417Z), Brooksville, FL, No damage. Student pilot stated that after the airplane landed, the aircraft suddenly drifted to the right of the runway and came to a stop in the grass. Verbally over…
- [Accident 20140305001819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140305001819A), Mar 5, 2014: Cessna 172R (N9417Z), Jackson, TN, Substantial damage. On March 5, 2014, aircraft N9417Z, a Cessna 172, departed on an IFR flight from mkl to ags. At 10:33 am, the mkl tower received an emergency call from 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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