# Incident 20201010022049I: Cessna 172S, Midland, TX, October 10, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2020, 16:31 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Location: 32.0365° N, 102.1015° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIDLAND AIRPARK (MDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0365&lon=-102.1015&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5147J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5147J) (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: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201010022049I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1624 LOCAL TIME, ON OCTOBER 10, 2020, N5147J, A CESSNA 172 SKYHAWK, LANDED ON RUNWAY 25 AT MIDLAND AIRPARK (KMDD). THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED BY FLIGHT SCHOOL BASED AT MIDLAND AIRPARK AND WAS PILOTED BY A STUDENT PILOT PRACTICING SOLO TAKEOFFS, LANDINGS AND TRAFFIC PATTERN WORK. UPON FIRST LANDING, STUDENT PILOT  STATES HE EXPERIENCED A CROSSWIND FROM THE SOUTH, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT?S RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO DEVIATE FROM THE SURFACE INTO THE SAFETY AREA NORTH OF RUNWAY 25. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT. THE STUDENT PILOT PULLED THE MIXTURE ALL THE WAY OUT AND APPLIED THE BRAKES BEFORE STRIKING THE NORTH PARAMETER FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ONCE IT STRUCK THE FENCE.

## Other reports on N5147J (1)

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

- [Incident 20080909848389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080909848389I), Sep 9, 2008: Cessna 172S (N5147J), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft experienced a loss of engine power while in downwind segment of landing. CFI took controls and initiated an immediate turn to final with ATC…

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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