# Incident 20180424004019I: Cessna 172G, Jackson, TN, April 24, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2018, 14:32 local time
- Place: Jackson, TN
- Airport: Mckellar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6145° N, 88.8139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jackson, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6145&lon=-88.8139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1350F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1350F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180424004019I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT  WAS OPERATING CESSNA MODEL 172G, N135OF, PRACTICING TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS UNDER APPROVED WEATHER CONDITIONS AT MCKELLAR AIRPORT (MKL), JACKSON, TENNESSEE. IN A DESCENDING ANGLE OF ATTACK FLARING FOR FINAL TOUCHDOWN TO RUNWAY 02, A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT OFF FLIGHTPATH RIGHT OF RUNWAY 02 CENTERLINE.  THE STUDENT PILOT EXECUTED A MANEUVER RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY LIGHTS TO THE AREA THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO RUNWAY O2. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED OFF RUNWAY IN THE GRASSY AREA WHERE N135OF NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A TWO FOOT DIAMETER HOLE CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO SLIDE NOSE DOWN ANOTHER 20 FEET FROM RUNWAY 02.  THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY WITH TIRE INTACT WAS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE CONSISTED OF ENGINE COWLING FIBERGLASS AND SHEET METAL TEARS, CRACKS AND BUCKLING TO THE RIGHT OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE SKIN, AND DENTS TO THE RIGHT OUTER WING CAP. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS THE ONLY SOUL ON BOARD AND REPORTED NO INJURIES. THIS EVENT IS CLASSIFIED A MINOR INCIDENT DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF MAJOR  DAMAGE TO PRIMARY STRUCTURAL MEMBERS.

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