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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Sanford, FL · March 22, 2020

Date
March 22, 2020 · 17:02 local
Place
Sanford, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
CE8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N733SK
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
83 total83 in this make and model33 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.

Student pilot on his first solo cross country was cleared to land runway 9C at Sanford. Student felt the need to correct for gusty winds on short final. On landing, directional control was lost and student hit the runway edge light, causing slight damage to the aircraft right gear strut.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 9C AT SANFORD. STUDENT FELT THE NEED TO CORRECT FOR GUSTY WINDS ON SHORT FINAL. ON LANDING, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AND STUDENT HIT THE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT, CAUSING SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT GEAR STRUT.

Other reports on N733SK · 2

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