# Incident 20240217010079I: Cessna 172S, Fort Myers, FL, February 17, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2024, 12:18 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6406° N, 81.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6406&lon=-81.8723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5218U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5218U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 350 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240217010079I

## Narrative

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

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.

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