20180102000419I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Gainesville, GA · January 2, 2018

Date
January 2, 2018 · 20:36 local
Place
Gainesville, GA
Airport
Lee Gilmer Memorial
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
9LDS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2132W
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
42 total42 in this make and model

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.

Pilot reported at final approach, a gust of wind pushed right wing up. Resulting in a hard touchdown on left main gear. Off center line the aircraft went off runway hitting antennas in center median.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED AT FINAL APPROACH, A GUST OF WIND PUSHED RIGHT WING UP. RESULTING IN A HARD TOUCHDOWN ON LEFT MAIN GEAR. OFF CENTER LINE THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF RUNWAY HITTING ANTENNAS IN CENTER MEDIAN.