# Incident 20210711010659I: Cessna 172R, West Mifflin, PA, July 11, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2021, 11:40 local time
- Place: West Mifflin, PA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 40.3574° N, 79.9056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Mifflin, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3574&lon=-79.9056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N430U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N430U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210711010659I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND PROCEDURE BECAUSE HE WAS NOT SET UP FOR A STABLIZED APPROACH.  THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER KEPT REFERRING TO THE AIRCRAFT AS "SKYHAWK 30U" WHEN HE WAS USED TO HEARING "CESSNA 30U" WHILE HE OVERFLEW THE RUNWAY, AND DID NOT RESPOND TO THE RADIO CALLS.

## Other reports on N430U (1)

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

- [Incident 20220723011089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220723011089I), Jul 23, 2022: Cessna 172R (N430U), West Mifflin, PA, Minor damage. Smell smoke in cockpit after 1 second. The pilot visually saw the smoke. Immediately declared mayday and landed runway 13. Exited at taxiway B1 shutdown at…

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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