# Incident 20181222022389I: Cessna 172N, Huntsville, AL, December 22, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2018, 16:28 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7304° N, 86.5861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntsville, AL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7304&lon=-86.5861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5457D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5457D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 54 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181222022389I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON SOLO CROSS COUNTRY, STUDENT NOTICED DIFFICULTY WHILE TAXIING AFTER LANDING AT THE FIRST INTENDED AIRPORT. STUDENT TOOK OFF AND FLEW BACK TO HSV, TELLING HSV APPROACH THAT HE HAD SOME DIFFCULTY TAXIING. HSV ASKED IF HE WISHED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY- STUDENT DECLINED. UPON LANDING, STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS.

THE STUDENT NOW UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF STOPPING TO INVESTIGATE ABNORMALITIES, AND  A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N5457D (1)

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

- [Accident 19830420014649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830420014649A), Apr 20, 1983: Cessna 172N (N5457D), Hendersonville, NC, Destroyed. Student pilot lost control of aircraft when wing tip struck ground causing flipover accident.

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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