# Incident 20250411007809I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Tucson, AZ, April 11, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2025, 14:45 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Ryan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 32.1422° N, 111.1746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RYAN FLD (RYN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1422&lon=-111.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N793FA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N793FA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250411007809I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT OPERATING IN SOLO FLIGHT WITH STUDENT PILOT AT THE CONTROLS, APPROACHED RYN AIRFIELD 24R.  HARD LANDING LED TO LOSS OF CONTROL, MODERATE PORPOISING AND LATERAL INSTABILITY RESULTING IN LEFT WINGTIP CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND PROP STRIKE.  VISUAL DAMAGE TO PROP AND LEFT WINGTIP LIGHTING LENS.

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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