# Incident 20190522004989I: Cessna 172S, Reading, PA, May 22, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2019, 19:30 local time
- Place: Reading, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3392° N, 75.9263° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reading, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3392&lon=-75.9263&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2373K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2373K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190522004989I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 20100625037109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100625037109A), Jun 25, 2010: Cessna 172S (N2373K), Salisbury, MD, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing and bounced twice on runway 05 at Wicomico Regional Airport (sby) in Salisbury, MD at 1300 on 06/25/10 striking the propeller, blowing…

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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