# Incident 20200519006279I: Cessna 172S, Fort Myers, FL, May 19, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2020, 08:00 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91PF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91PF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 13 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200519006279I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PERFORMING FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, AND TRYING TO CORRECT LEFT DRIFT OF AIRCRAFT, STUDENT PILOT  UPON LANDING APPLIED BRAKES WITH ONLY RIGHT TIRE ON RUNWAY, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE DOWN AND PROPELLER STRUCK RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SETTLED BACK LEVEL, COMPLETED LANDING AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP. DUE TO THE PROPELLER STRIKE THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED.

## Other reports on N91PF (2)

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

- [Accident 20231110022239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231110022239A), Nov 10, 2023: Cessna 172S (N91PF), Sanford, FL, Destroyed. While practicing a touch and go, the aircraft lost power during departure roll and crashed off the departure end of runway 9L. Pilot states that nothing…
- [Incident 20160410006869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160410006869I), Apr 10, 2016: Cessna 172S (N91PF), St. Petersburg, FL, Minor damage. On April 10, 2016 a Cessna 172S lost directional control during landing on runway 36 at the albert whitted airport (kspg) in St. Petersburg, FL. The wind was…

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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