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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · Plant City, FL · March 2, 2019

Date
March 2, 2019 · 14:48 local
Place
Plant City, FL
Airport
Plant City Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1033A
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
247 total247 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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 was flying N1033A a C172R at kpcm, Plant City airport doing pattern work, first landing a full stop, turned, taxied back for another takeoff. Second pattern work was normal on approach main wheel touched runway then nose wheel, pilot proceeded to retract flaps up, pushed for full throttle then noticed plane started to fish tail, swinging to the right , pilot kicked right rudder then the pilot started to lose control of the aircraft. He immediately pull throttle back, cut mixture, plane turned left into the grass to a small ditch. Right wing struck ground, prop struck grass. Wing tip and front wheel faring substained damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS FLYING N1033A A C172R AT KPCM, PLANT CITY AIRPORT DOING PATTERN WORK, FIRST LANDING A FULL STOP, TURNED, TAXIED BACK FOR ANOTHER TAKEOFF. SECOND PATTERN WORK WAS NORMAL ON APPROACH MAIN WHEEL TOUCHED RUNWAY THEN NOSE WHEEL, PILOT PROCEEDED TO RETRACT FLAPS UP, PUSHED FOR FULL THROTTLE THEN NOTICED PLANE STARTED TO FISH TAIL, SWINGING TO THE RIGHT , PILOT KICKED RIGHT RUDDER THEN THE PILOT STARTED TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE IMMEDIATELY PULL THROTTLE BACK, CUT MIXTURE, PLANE TURNED LEFT INTO THE GRASS TO A SMALL DITCH. RIGHT WING STRUCK GROUND, PROP STRUCK GRASS. WING TIP AND FRONT WHEEL FARING SUBSTAINED DAMAGE.