20231021016929I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Smyrna, TN · October 21, 2023

Date
October 21, 2023 · 14:15 local
Place
Smyrna, TN
Airport
Smyrna
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N387SP
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total60 in this make and model54 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.

The student encountered high crosswind conditions at mqy after completing his first solo-cross country. During the landing on runway 32, the aircraft porpoised and landed nose gear first, resulting in a propeller strike.

As the FAA filed it

THE STUDENT ENCOUNTERED HIGH CROSSWIND CONDITIONS AT MQY AFTER COMPLETING HIS FIRST SOLO-CROSS COUNTRY. DURING THE LANDING ON RUNWAY 32, THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED AND LANDED NOSE GEAR FIRST, RESULTING IN A PROPELLER STRIKE.

Other reports on N387SP · 2

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