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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Chesterfield, MO · June 10, 2023

Date
June 10, 2023 · 10:50 local
Place
Chesterfield, MO
Airport
Spirit Of St Louis Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N64657
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
15 total15 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

During a solo flight the student pilot was landing with a crosswind. The airplane's longitudinal axis was not aligned with the runway centerline. Upon touchdown the airplane veered right. The student pilot overreacted and veered hard left. The left main landing gear exited the runway and the propeller struck the runway. The student pilot was able to taxi back to the ramp. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

DURING A SOLO FLIGHT THE STUDENT PILOT WAS LANDING WITH A CROSSWIND. THE AIRPLANE'S LONGITUDINAL AXIS WAS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE VEERED RIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT OVERREACTED AND VEERED HARD LEFT. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR EXITED THE RUNWAY AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAXI BACK TO THE RAMP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.