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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Sanford, FL · October 19, 2019

Date
October 19, 2019 · 20:20 local
Place
Sanford, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
CE85
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N565ND
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
438 total218 in this make and model23 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 the final landing to keep night current, x-winds carried the aircraft off runway 9C and into the grass, causing a prop strike in the process. The pilot in command was unable to fight the winds with a wet runway. Tower reported winds 090@9KTS, but pireps later reported winds up to 15KTS or more.

As the FAA filed it

ON THE FINAL LANDING TO KEEP NIGHT CURRENT, X-WINDS CARRIED THE AIRCRAFT OFF RUNWAY 9C AND INTO THE GRASS, CAUSING A PROP STRIKE IN THE PROCESS. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS UNABLE TO FIGHT THE WINDS WITH A WET RUNWAY. TOWER REPORTED WINDS 090@9KTS, BUT PIREPS LATER REPORTED WINDS UP TO 15KTS OR MORE.