# Incident 20240623012699I: Cessna 172N, Albuquerque, NM, June 23, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2024, 15:30 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Sunport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0389° N, 106.6083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBUQUERQUE INTL SUNPORT (ABQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0389&lon=-106.6083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73938, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73938) (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: 100 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240623012699I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 23, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 MDT, A CESSNA 172N, WAS LANDING ON RWY 08 AT ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KABQ, AND REPORTED A PROP STRIKE AND RAN OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THIS RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING VFR PATTERNS AT KABQ.

INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT DETERMINED THAT THE LOW-TIME STUDENT PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND WITH A STRONG DIRECT CROSSWIND AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

FLIGHT SCHOOL PROVIDED ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO STUDENT.

JRK 9/23/2024

## Other reports on N73938 (1)

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

- [Incident 20011007027529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011007027529I), Oct 7, 2001: Cessna 172N (N73938), Cumming, GA. (-23) See attached. No narrative attached.

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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