# Incident 20190302000809I: Cessna 172R, Plant City, FL, March 2, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2019, 14:48 local time
- Place: Plant City, FL
- Airport: Plant City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0002° N, 82.1633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLANT CITY (PCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0002&lon=-82.1633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1033A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1033A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 247 total, 247 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190302000809I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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