# Incident 20200128000279I: Cessna 172N, Farmingdale, NY, January 28, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2020, 14:03 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4674J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 160 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200128000279I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO FLIGHT. WHILE APPROACHING TO LAND AT KFRG SHE WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO ENTER THE DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 32. WINDS AT THE TIME OF ARRIVAL WERE 320@12G18. DURING THE DOWNWIND PHASE THE TOWER ASKED THE STUDENT PILOT WHAT HER DESTINATION ON THE FIELD WAS. SHE REPLIED SHELTAIR AND THE TOWER INSTRUCTED HER TO ENTER A RIGHT BASE FOR RUNWAY 1. THE STUDENT PILOT ACCEPTED THE CLEARANCE EVEN THOUGH THE CROSSWIND COMPONENT WAS GREATER ON RUNWAY 1 THAN ON RUNWAY 32. SHE EXPLAINED THAT HER LANDING WAS CONTROLLED BUT DURING THE ROLLOUT A GUST OF WIND PICKED UP THE LEFT WING AND CAUSE THE RIGHT WING TO IMPACT THE GROUND. SOMEHOW DURING THAT EVENT THE NOSE WAS LOWERED FAR ENOUGH TO THE GROUND FOR  A PROP STRIKE TO OCCUR. DAMAGE ONSCENE WAS LIMITED TO RIGHT WING END CAP DAMAGE, FURTHERMOST RIGHT WING RIB, AND PROPELLER STRIKE. THERE WAS NO NOTICEABLE DAMAGE TO ANY OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE STUDENT PILOT COULD NOT REMEMBER IF SHE HAD PROPER CROSSWIND CONTROL TECHNIQUES UTILIZED DURING THE TOUCHDOWN AND LANDING ROLLOUT.

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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