# Incident 20231017020719I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Palm Coast, FL, October 17, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2023, 16:42 local time
- Place: Palm Coast, FL
- Airport: Flagler Exec
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 29.4652° N, 81.2076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLAGLER EXEC (FIN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4652&lon=-81.2076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N838ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N838ER) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 370 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231017020719I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT & HIS CFI REPORTED THAT A TAIL STRIKE OCCURRED DURING LANDING ON RWY 6. THE ACFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE TAIL SKID, TAIL HOOK AND RUDDER TIP CAP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED ON SITE AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.

THE 141 FLT SCHOOL REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: THE STUDENT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH & GO LANDINGS IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS. THE ACFT BALLOONED DURING THE THIRD LANDING AS THE STUDENT WAS INITIATING THE LDG FLARE. THE CFI REPTD THAT HE THEN TOOK CONTROL FROM THE STUDENT AND PULLED THE YOKE WHEN HE OBSVD THE ACFT NOSE PITCHING DOWN, IN ORDER TO AVOID A PROP STRIKE. THIS RESULTED IN THE ACFT TAIL STRIKE.

## Other reports on N838ER (1)

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

- [Accident 20240315001899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240315001899A), Mar 15, 2024: Textron Aviation Inc 172S (N838ER), Melbourne, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft was inbound for a landing at kmlb. The pilot was told to expect runway 9R. Tower later changed the instruction to enter the left base for runway…

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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