# Incident 20250313001399I: Cessna 172M, Butler, PA, March 13, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2025, 13:51 local time
- Place: Butler, PA
- Airport: Butler County/K W Scholter Fie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- 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: N1379U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1379U) (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: 48 total, 48 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/20250313001399I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS COMPLETING A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY LESSON.  THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT WAS KBTP-KGKJ-29D-KBTP.     THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT KBTP AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 26.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ABEAM TO TAXIWAY D.     THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FAIRING ON THE STRUT.    THE ONLY PART OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT WAS OFF THE RUNWAY WAS THE LEFT MAIN GEAR.   THE STUDENT PILOT ADDED POWER AND TURNED RIGHT ONTO TAXIWAY D AND PROCEEDED TO PARK.   THE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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