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FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Walla Walla, WA · August 12, 2021

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Date
August 12, 2021 · 08:45 local
Place
Walla Walla, WA
Airport
Walla Walla Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N555SM
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
51 total51 in this make and model51 in the last 90 days
N555SMRegistered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17261805 · Built 1973Airframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Solo student pilot lost control of aircraft on landing roll out. Normal approach, when aircraft touched down aircraft drifted to the right pilot corrected to centerline but overcorrected and aircraft went hard left departing runway and striking a airport pasi light resulting in propeller damage and LH main gear faring was also damaged. Aircraft came to rest slightly off runway paved surface with no further damage.

As the FAA filed it

SOLO STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON LANDING ROLL OUT. NORMAL APPROACH, WHEN AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT PILOT CORRECTED TO CENTERLINE BUT OVERCORRECTED AND AIRCRAFT WENT HARD LEFT DEPARTING RUNWAY AND STRIKING A AIRPORT PASI LIGHT RESULTING IN PROPELLER DAMAGE AND LH MAIN GEAR FARING WAS ALSO DAMAGED. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST SLIGHTLY OFF RUNWAY PAVED SURFACE WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE.