# Incident 20200815012919I: Cessna 172S, Lakeland, FL, August 15, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2020, 08:00 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Linder International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9876° N, 82.0190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKELAND LINDER INTL (LAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9876&lon=-82.0190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9965P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9965P) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 252 total, 211 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200815012919I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A FOREIGN NATIONAL AND STUDENT OF INTERNATIONAL AVIATION ACADEMY OUT OF LAKELAND, FL, RENTED A CESSNA 172, REGISTRATION N9965P, SERIAL NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR SOLO FLIGHTS TO BUILD TIME. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS  FLYING BETWEEN AIRPORTS CHN, X14, PHK, AND X10, BEFORE RETURNING TO LAKELAND.  WHILE AT LAKELAND, HE WAS PERFORMING MULTIPLE TOUCH AND GO'S. UPON THE LAST LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING. THE AIRMAN TAXIED AND PARKED THE AIRCRAFT, THEN NOTICING THAT THE PROPELLER HAD SUSTAINED DAMAGE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION BY THE FLIGHT SCHOOL, THE LOWER FIREWALL WAS ALSO FOUND WITH MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N9965P (1)

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

- [Accident 20120903021459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120903021459A), Sep 3, 2012: Cessna 172S (N9965P), Sebring, FL, Substantial damage. 09/03/2012: 09:00LT student pilot departed lakeland airport to conduct a solo cross-country flight as part of his flight training program. The pilot…

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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