# Incident 20210418002989I: Cessna 172R, Durant, OK, April 18, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2021, 12:23 local time
- Place: Durant, OK
- Airport: Durant Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: OSUS
- Location: 33.9952° N, 96.3925° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Durant, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9952&lon=-96.3925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5181A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5181A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 64 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210418002989I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT WAS ON A SOLO FLIGHT.  HE WAS HIGH AND FAST ON FINAL.  WHEN HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT HE LOST CONTROL GOING OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND HITTING AN AIRPORT SIGN CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THER WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N5181A (2)

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

- [Accident 20250827011429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250827011429A), Aug 27, 2025: Cessna 172R (N5181A), Ardmore, OK, Substantial damage. On August 27, 2025 at 21:26 CDT, a Cessna 172 was involved in an accident during landing at Ardmore airport (kadm). The private pilot was conducting solo night…
- [Accident 20071026023029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071026023029A), Oct 26, 2007: Cessna 172R (N5181A), Stillwater, OK, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot and sole occupant of the airplane, [privacy data omitted] stated that he was attempting to land at the Stillwater Regional Airport, but he 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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