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FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Butler, PA · May 19, 2024

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Date
May 19, 2024 · 17:30 local
Place
Butler, PA
Airport
Butler County Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
7IFS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1737
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
18 total18 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days
N1737Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17265682 · Built 1975Airframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The airman was performing their first solo. The airman went up with their instructor and performed 3 unassisted landings. After the third landing the instructor got out of the aircraft to allow the airman to solo. On the second solo landing, the airman became nervous and did not add full flaps. The airman flared the aircraft high and then forced the aircraft on the ground after porpoising. The aircraft stopped on runway and then taxied the aircraft back to the tied down spot.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRMAN WAS PERFORMING THEIR FIRST SOLO. THE AIRMAN WENT UP WITH THEIR INSTRUCTOR AND PERFORMED 3 UNASSISTED LANDINGS. AFTER THE THIRD LANDING THE INSTRUCTOR GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT TO ALLOW THE AIRMAN TO SOLO. ON THE SECOND SOLO LANDING, THE AIRMAN BECAME NERVOUS AND DID NOT ADD FULL FLAPS. THE AIRMAN FLARED THE AIRCRAFT HIGH AND THEN FORCED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND AFTER PORPOISING. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON RUNWAY AND THEN TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE TIED DOWN SPOT.