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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172L · Jackson, TN · October 14, 2019

Date
October 14, 2019 · 13:40 local
Place
Jackson, TN
Airport
Mckellar Sipes Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
20LS
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N19701
Reported as
Cessna 172L
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
32 total32 in this make and model32 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.

A runway excursion at mkl involving a student pilot with approximately 32 total hours of flight time. The PIC explained that he was on a solo flight and returning to mkl at APPROXIMATLY1340 CDT. The conditions at the time was unrestricted visibility with winds approximately 120 degrees at 5-10 knots. The PIC was cleared to land on runway 20. The PIC recalls the aircraft touching down on the right wheel first when the a/c yawed to the left resulting in a loss of directional control into the grass. The PIC continued a left hand turn around and taxied onto runway 29 with clearance and back to the ramp were the flight was terminated. There was no damage to the aircraft or airport property.

As the FAA filed it

A RUNWAY EXCURSION AT MKL INVOLVING A STUDENT PILOT WITH APPROXIMATELY 32 TOTAL HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME. THE PIC EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS ON A SOLO FLIGHT AND RETURNING TO MKL AT APPROXIMATLY1340 CDT. THE CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WAS UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITY WITH WINDS APPROXIMATELY 120 DEGREES AT 5-10 KNOTS. THE PIC WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 20. THE PIC RECALLS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RIGHT WHEEL FIRST WHEN THE A/C YAWED TO THE LEFT RESULTING IN A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL INTO THE GRASS. THE PIC CONTINUED A LEFT HAND TURN AROUND AND TAXIED ONTO RUNWAY 29 WITH CLEARANCE AND BACK TO THE RAMP WERE THE FLIGHT WAS TERMINATED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR AIRPORT PROPERTY.