20190522004989I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Reading, PA · May 22, 2019

Date
May 22, 2019 · 19:30 local
Place
Reading, PA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2373K
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
29 total29 in this make and model25 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.

On may 22, 2019 at 19:30 local time, student pilot privacy data omitted on his second solo landing in C172S, N2373K, was flying VFR in the left traffic pattern for runway 31 at rdy (tower noted VFR, vrb winds). Aircraft was cleared for the option runway 31, completed his touchdown and veered off the left (south side of runway 31), and into the grass. The aircraft came to a rest on a nearby taxiway, and was able to taxi to the ramp. Student had 7 previous dual instruction landings on same evening in same aircraft. Instructor privacy data omitted claims 6 KTS. Quartering crosswind at 260-270 degrees, and at 45 KTS., student pilot did not input enough right rudder causing aircraft to veer left off of runway. All certificates were up-to-date at the time of the incident. Minor aircraft damage noted to right MLG fairing and right lower horizontal stabilizer skin (from runway light). Runway light was also damaged.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 22, 2019 AT 19:30 LOCAL TIME, STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON HIS SECOND SOLO LANDING IN C172S, N2373K, WAS FLYING VFR IN THE LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 31 AT RDY (TOWER NOTED VFR, VRB WINDS). AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR THE OPTION RUNWAY 31, COMPLETED HIS TOUCHDOWN AND VEERED OFF THE LEFT (SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 31), AND INTO THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST ON A NEARBY TAXIWAY, AND WAS ABLE TO TAXI TO THE RAMP. STUDENT HAD 7 PREVIOUS DUAL INSTRUCTION LANDINGS ON SAME EVENING IN SAME AIRCRAFT. INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CLAIMS 6 KTS. QUARTERING CROSSWIND AT 260-270 DEGREES, AND AT 45 KTS., STUDENT PILOT DID NOT INPUT ENOUGH RIGHT RUDDER CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO VEER LEFT OFF OF RUNWAY. ALL CERTIFICATES WERE UP-TO-DATE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE NOTED TO RIGHT MLG FAIRING AND RIGHT LOWER HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SKIN (FROM RUNWAY LIGHT). RUNWAY LIGHT WAS ALSO DAMAGED.

Other reports on N2373K · 1

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