# Incident 20231203021659I: Cessna 172N, Hamilton, TX, December 3, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2023, 12:30 local time
- Place: Hamilton, TX
- Airport: Hamilton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6659° N, 98.1486° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAMILTON MUNI (MNZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6659&lon=-98.1486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73784, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73784) (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: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231203021659I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON SOLO FLIGHT LANDED, ENCOUNTERED A CROSSWIND GUST COMPONENT, AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT.

## Other reports on N73784 (1)

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

- [Incident 20250322014119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250322014119I), Mar 22, 2025: Cessna 172N (N73784), Grandbury, TX, Minor damage. On March 22, 2025, while conducting a short filed landing maneuver on a private pilot check ride at Granbury airport, the PIC of the aircraft stalled 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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