20250312001859I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Textron 172S · Ewing, NJ · March 12, 2025

Date
March 12, 2025 · 17:45 local
Place
Ewing, NJ
Airport
Trenton Mercer
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
IFGS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N954FG
Reported as
Textron 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
437 total194 in this make and model38 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.

While the instructor was teaching the student pilot a crosswind landing, the student did not have the correct crosswind correction applied, which caused the right wing of the airplane to lift up. The propeller subsequently struck the ground. The aircraft exited the runway into the grass. Minor damage was noted to the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE THE INSTRUCTOR WAS TEACHING THE STUDENT PILOT A CROSSWIND LANDING, THE STUDENT DID NOT HAVE THE CORRECT CROSSWIND CORRECTION APPLIED, WHICH CAUSED THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRPLANE TO LIFT UP. THE PROPELLER SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE PROPELLER.