# Incident 20230717017779I: Cessna 172N, Cahokia Heights, IL, July 17, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2023, 15:20 local time
- Place: Cahokia Heights, IL
- Airport: St. Louis Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5704° N, 90.1551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST LOUIS DOWNTOWN (CPS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5704&lon=-90.1551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2962E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2962E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 10 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230717017779I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT HAD CONTACTED THE CFI BEFORE THE FLIGHT AND DISCUSSED THE APPROACHING CONVECTIVE WEATHER. THEY DETERMINED THAT THE SOLO FLIGHT COULD ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE THE WEATHER MOVED IN. THE STUDENT WENT FLYING ON HIS SOLO FLIGHT AND, WHILE FLYING, RECEIVED A TEXT FROM HIS CFI STATING THAT HE NEEDED TO RETURN AND LAND DUE TO THE WEATHER. THE STUDENT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED. AS HE WAS TAXIING BACK, THE WIND WAS GETTING STRONGER. WHEN HE STOPPED AT A TAXIWAY INTERSECTION, THE WIND LIFTED THE REAR OF THE AIRPLANE AND THE LEFT WINGTIP AND PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE STUDENT CONTACTED GROUND CONTROL AND THEN EXITED THE AIRPLANE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N2962E (2)

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

- [Incident 20260510007859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260510007859I), May 10, 2026: Cessna 172N (N2962E), Cahokia, IL, No damage. At 1400L, according to the pilot statements, the aircraft was scheduled for dual instruction with a certified flight instructor (CFI). A thorough preflight and…
- [Incident 20171111023969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171111023969I), Nov 11, 2017: Cessna 172N (N2962E), London, KY, Minor damage. Commercial pilot student was on a long cross country student mistook a field 5 to 10 miles north as the airport at London, KY (loz). He realized it was not the…

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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