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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Jacksonville, FL · June 28, 2020

Date
June 28, 2020 · 20:14 local
Place
Jacksonville, FL
Airport
Craig Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N182MA
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,196 total746 in this make and model84 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.

Multiple, repetitive short field (spot) landings were being practiced on a dual training flight at the home base, Jacksonville executive airport (crg) on runway 32, the ILS runway. One particular approach was very flat and getting too close to the approach lights on short final. The instructor indicated "my control" to arrest the sink rate. The student pilot kept his hand on the throttle delaying application of power. Consequently, the aircraft wheel struck one of the approach lights, breaking the lens. There was no damage to the aircraft. With the instructor in control, the aircraft continued onto the runway and landed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

MULTIPLE, REPETITIVE SHORT FIELD (SPOT) LANDINGS WERE BEING PRACTICED ON A DUAL TRAINING FLIGHT AT THE HOME BASE, JACKSONVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (CRG) ON RUNWAY 32, THE ILS RUNWAY. ONE PARTICULAR APPROACH WAS VERY FLAT AND GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THE APPROACH LIGHTS ON SHORT FINAL. THE INSTRUCTOR INDICATED "MY CONTROL" TO ARREST THE SINK RATE. THE STUDENT PILOT KEPT HIS HAND ON THE THROTTLE DELAYING APPLICATION OF POWER. CONSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT WHEEL STRUCK ONE OF THE APPROACH LIGHTS, BREAKING THE LENS. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. WITH THE INSTRUCTOR IN CONTROL, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ONTO THE RUNWAY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.