20241008014529I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Trenton, NJ · October 8, 2024

Date
October 8, 2024 · 14:35 local
Place
Trenton, NJ
Airport
Trenton Mercer Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
DQ8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N872SP
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
52 total52 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

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.

A student pilot, on his second solo flight was returning to the airport. During landing, the student experienced an un-forecasted crosswind which caused a hard landing. The propeller subsequently struck the ground. Minor damage was noted to the nose gear, underbelly skin, and lower firewall.

As the FAA filed it

A STUDENT PILOT, ON HIS SECOND SOLO FLIGHT WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT. DURING LANDING, THE STUDENT EXPERIENCED AN UN-FORECASTED CROSSWIND WHICH CAUSED A HARD LANDING. THE PROPELLER SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK THE GROUND. MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE NOSE GEAR, UNDERBELLY SKIN, AND LOWER FIREWALL.