# Incident 20200719010239I: Cessna 172M, Hartford, CT, July 19, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2020, 13:36 local time
- Place: Hartford, CT
- Airport: Hartford-Brainard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7367° N, 72.6494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTFORD-BRAINARD (HFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7367&lon=-72.6494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9725Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9725Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200719010239I

## Narrative

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

ON 07/19/2020 THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 LOCAL TIME SHE WAS COMPLETING HER 2ND LAP. JUST PRIOR TO  TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY 20, SHE EXPERIENCED AN UNEXPECTED GUST FROM THE RIGHT THAT BLEW THE AIRCRAFT LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE. SHE APPLIED FULL BRAKES SKIDDING OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET OFF THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

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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