# Incident 20190508004209I: Cessna 172S, Flagler, FL, May 8, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2019, 08:30 local time
- Place: Flagler, FL
- Airport: Flagler Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IHMS
- Location: 29.4652° N, 81.2076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLAGLER EXEC (FIN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4652&lon=-81.2076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N529ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N529ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 47 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190508004209I

## Narrative

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

REGISTRATION: N529ND

PTRS: 201917667

MAKE: CESSNA

MODEL: 172S

SERIAL NUMBER: 172S10980

AIRCRAFT/ENGINE LAST ANNUAL: 11/28/2018                   AIRFRAME TT:  8983.6

AIRCRAFT/ENGINE/PROPELLER LAST 100HR: 04/26/2019

WHEN: MAY 8, 2019

WHERE: AIRCRAFT N529ND HAD A PLANNED VFR TRIP. IT WAS A FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT DAYTONA BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KDAB) RUNWAY 7L AND LANDED AT FLAGLER EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KFIN) AND TOOK OFF AGAIN SOLO FROM RUNWAY 6 AND WHILE LANDING AFTER GOING AROUND ONCE THE PROP STRIKE OCCURRED BUT THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT AWARE OF IT. THE PILOT NOTICED AFTER PERFORMING THE AIRCRAFT WALK AROUND FOR THE FLIGHT BACK TO KDAB.

WHAT: PART 141 OPERATION, OPERATED BY PHOENIX EAST AVIATION, LLC.  LOCATED IN DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA 32114.

WHO: PILOT (PILOT IN COMMAND):

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE ISSUE 04/01/2019

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE FIRST CLASS: DATE OF EXAMINATION 02/21/2019

EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASH SITE:

AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 6.  EXAMINATION OF THE PROPELLER IMPACT AREA COULD NOT BE MADE BUT ACTUAL PICTURES ARE INCLUDED OF THE PROPELLER BLADES CURLED BACK.  THE FIREWALL BEHIND THE NOSE GEAR ATTACHING APPEARS WARPED AND THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT FORWARD FLOORBOARDS ARE ALSO DISTORTED. THE WINGS AND FLAPS APPEARED NORMAL WITH NO VISIBLE DAMAGE. NO FUEL LEAKS WERE OBSERVED.  OVERALL THE AIRCRAFT LOOKS CLEAN AND UNTOUCHED EXCEPT FOR THE PROPELLER DAMAGE.

PILOT?S WRITTEN STATEMENT: STATEMENT

WE WENT OUT TO PREFLIGHT AND NOTICED A PROPELLER STRIKE WHICH MAY HAVE OCCURRED DURING MY SOLO FLIGHT IN THE THIRD LANDING I SUPPOSE. THE SOLO TOOK PLACE IN KFIN FROM RUNWAY 6, I DID A GO-AROUND AND LANDED SAFELY ON THE GROUND SO I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE DAMAGE UNTIL I WAS PRE-FLIGHTING TO RETURN TO KDAB FROM WHERE I TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 7L FOR MY FIRST SOLO. THE LANDING FELT A LITTLE HARD BUT IT DID NOT FEEL LIKE A NOSE WHEEL.

ACCIDENT/INCIDENT PICTURES WERE REQUESTED AND SENT TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM THE NTSB.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TAPES WERE NOT BE OBTAINED.

OVERALL, THE INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE; ALL DOCUMENTS APPEAR TO BE IN ORDER, AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE, REGISTRATION, LAST ANNUAL AND 100 HOUR INSPECTIONS.

THE NINE FAA RESPONSIBILITIES WERE INVESTIGATED AND WERE ANSWERED NO EXCEPT FOR THE AIRMEN/ AIR AGENCY COMPETENCE, WHICH WILL BE LOOKED AT INTO FURTHER DETAIL BY AN OPERATIONS ASI. THIS CONCLUDES OUR INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT OF N529ND WHICH APPEARS TO BE A PILOT ISSUE. NO MECHANICAL OR TECHNICAL ISSUES WERE DETECTED WITH THE EQUIPMENT DURING OUR INVESTIGATION

## Other reports on N529ND (1)

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

- [Accident 20260411004122A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260411004122A), Apr 11, 2026: Cessna 172S (N529ND), Marathon, FL, Substantial damage. On April 11, 2026, Cessna C172, registration [privacy data omitted] with a private pilot and CFI departed ket west international airport (eym) conducting 14…

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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