20240217010079I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Fort Myers, FL · February 17, 2024

Date: February 17, 2024 · 12:18 local
Place: Fort Myers, FL
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5218U
Reported as: Cessna 172S
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 350 total350 in this make and model39 in the last 90 days

N5218URegistered now · Cessna 172SS/N 172S9133 Airframe modelCessna 172S

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.

On 02/17/2024, at 1218 EST, the PIC of privacy data omitted, CE-172S, ., experienced a hard landing on a practice solo flight. There was a large crosswind componet involved and the pilot prop struck the runway and taxied back to the ramp at Fort Myers paige field in Fort Myers, FL. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The PIC was uninjured and the aircraft appeared to have minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

ON 02/17/2024, AT 1218 EST, THE PIC OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CE-172S, ., EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING ON A PRACTICE SOLO FLIGHT. THERE WAS A LARGE CROSSWIND COMPONET INVOLVED AND THE PILOT PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP AT FORT MYERS PAIGE FIELD IN FORT MYERS, FL. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE PIC WAS UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE MINOR DAMAGE.