# Accident 20180522024399A: Cessna 172 M, New Braunfels, TX, May 22, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2018, 09:00 local time
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 1X0S
- Location: 29.7045° N, 98.0422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at New Braunfels National Airport (BAZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7045&lon=-98.0422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N764AA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N764AA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180522024399A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON SOLO FLIGHT LESSON #9 AT NEW BRAUNFELS AIRPORT NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS. STUDENT HAD A HARD LANDING ON FIRST SOLO CIRCUIT. ACCORDING TO STUDENT HE FLARED TOO MUCH THEN OVER CORRECTED CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO SLAM ONTO RUNWAY AND CAUSE A PROPELLER STRIKE THEN BOUNCING 3 MORE TIMES BEFORE RETURNING TO NORMAL TAXI. LANDING FORCE CAUSED AIRCRAFT FIREWALL TO BUCKLE.

ROOT CAUSE OF ACCIDENT ATTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS OVERALL LACK OF FLYING EXPERIENCE.

STUDENT ELECTED TO TERMINATE REMAINING SOLO CIRCUITS AND RETURN TO HANGER. NO INJURY TO STUDENT WAS REPORTED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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