# Incident 20180225003139I: Cessna 172, Daytona Beach, FL, February 25, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2018, 11:19 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NX4S
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N457ER (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: LYCOMING
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 75 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180225003139I

## Narrative

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

STUDENTS FIRST ATTEMPT AT LANDING RESULTED WITH A GO AROUND. STUDENT STATED THAT SHE PREVIOUSLY HAD A DIFFICULT TIME DETERMINING WHERE TO BEGIN HER ROUND OUT AND FLARE DURING NUMEROUS LANDINGS. HER SECOND ATTEMPT AT LANDING ON RUNWAY 25R HAD A LEFT CROSSWIND 200/10 KTS. STUDENT STATED THAT DURING HER ROUND OUT THERE WAS A GUST OF WIND. SHE BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE AND APPLIED RIGHT AILERON TO PREVENT GOING OFF THE RUNWAY.

DISCUSSED THE EVENT IN LENGTH WITH BOTH THE STUDENT AND HER PRIMARY IP PLACING EMPHASIS ON STABILIZED APPROACHES AND LOSS OF CONTROL DURING LANDING PREVENTION. AVIATION SAFETY RECOMMENDS THAT THE STUDENT CONDUCTS A FLIGHT STANDARD EVALUATION REVIEWING PROPER LANDING TECHNIQUES AND WHEN TO GO AROUND.

THIS EVENT WAS DISCUSSED, ACCEPTED AND CLOSED UNDER ASAP.

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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