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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Denton, TX · June 27, 2023

Date
June 27, 2023 · 08:40 local
Place
Denton, TX
Airport
Denton Enterprise
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
U9FS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N20102
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
27 total27 in this make and model19 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.

Student pilot was on his first solo and on landing came in too fast, resulting in a bounced hard landing. The bounced landing resulted in a flat tire and some minor aircraft damage. A tug assisted in removing the aircraft off the runway.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO AND ON LANDING CAME IN TOO FAST, RESULTING IN A BOUNCED HARD LANDING. THE BOUNCED LANDING RESULTED IN A FLAT TIRE AND SOME MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. A TUG ASSISTED IN REMOVING THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY.