# Incident 20250328001869I: Cessna 172S, Toms River, NJ, March 28, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2025, 13:15 local time
- Place: Toms River, NJ
- Airport: Ocean County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IFGS
- Location: 39.9260° N, 74.2955° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCEAN COUNTY (MJX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9260&lon=-74.2955&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1724U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1724U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 41 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250328001869I

## Narrative

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

A STUDENT PILOT, ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT EXPERIENCED AN UN-FORECASTED GUST OF WIND.  THE STUDENT DID NOT CORRECT PROPERLY, WHICH CAUSED A HARD LANDING AND THE LEFT WING TO BE RAISED.  THE PROPELLER SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK THE GROUND.  MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N1724U (2)

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

- [Accident 20160519004689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160519004689A), May 19, 2016: Cessna 172S (N1724U), Newport News, VA, Substantial damage. Student pilot was on his first solo traffic pattern flight and landing. The pilot landed flat causing the plane to porpoise. The nose wheel deflated and the…
- [Incident 20140124001222I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140124001222I), Jan 24, 2014: Cessna 172S (N1724U), Lynchburg, VA, Minor damage. Night flight operations. Pilot started engine of CE-172 and then proceeded to adjust pilot seat. During this time, the CE-172 began to move across the ramp and…

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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