# Incident 20231008022429I: Cessna 172M, Charlottesville, VA, October 8, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2023, 13:09 local time
- Place: Charlottesville, VA
- Airport: Charlottesville-Albemarle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1396° N, 78.4523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE (CHO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1396&lon=-78.4523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172ME, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N172ME) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 52 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231008022429I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS SOLOING A CESSNA 172 AT CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE AIRPORT (CHO) WHEN IT SUFFERED A LANDING MISHAP. THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 21 WITH TOWER OBSERVED WINDS AT 290 AT 8 (AN 80-DEGREE CROSSWIND), WITH GUSTS TO 14 KNOTS, AND DIRECTION VARIABLE 240 TO 320. THE WEATHER WAS OTHERWISE BENIGN VFR. RIGHT AT TOUCHDOWN, THE PLANE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OR SHIFT TO HEADWIND, BOUNCED OR BALLOONED, AND CAME BACK DOWN ON ITS NOSE WHEEL. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A TAXIWAY TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY, BUT THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE WAS FLAT, AND THE PLANE WENT INTO THE GRASS. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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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