# Incident 20240519005739I: Cessna 172M, Butler, PA, May 19, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2024, 17:30 local time
- Place: Butler, PA
- Airport: Butler County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 7IFS
- Location: 40.8616° N, 79.8962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butler, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8616&lon=-79.8962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1737, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1737) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240519005739I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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