# Incident 20250514006839I: Cessna 172B, Cambridge, MN, May 14, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2025, 18:30 local time
- Place: Cambridge, MN
- Airport: Cambridge Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5575° N, 93.2642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMBRIDGE MUNI (CBG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5575&lon=-93.2642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8003X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8003X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 9 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250514006839I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC WAS A STUDENT ON SECOND SOLO PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. AT TAKEOFF, THE WINDS WERE 8 KNOT CROSSWINDS. HE STAYED IN THE PATTERN AND NOTICED THE WINDS FELT GUSTIER THAN EXPECTED. CHECKING AWOS PRIOR TO LANDING, HE NOTICED THE GUSTS HAD INCREASED 3 KNOTS. WHEN LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN TOUCHED DOWN. THE PILOT THEN STATED THAT HE MADE THE MISTAKE OF TRYING TO GET THE RIGHT MAIN DOWN BY RELEASING THE CROSSWIND CORRECTION IN THE AILERON, WHICH HE BELIEVES CAUSED THE PLANE TO TURN LEFT INTO THE WIND. THE PILOT COULD NOT CORRECT WITH EITHER RUDDER OR LEFT AILERON AND DECIDED IT WAS TOO LATE TO APPLY THROTTLE AND GO AROUND, AS HE WAS POINTED APPROXIMATELY 40 DEGREES OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF AT THE YOKE, FOLLOWED BY A PROPELLER STRIKE AND THE RIGHT WINGTIP CONTACTING THE GROUND., BEFORE ROLLING TO A HALT. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS FEELING SOME PRESSURE TO PRACTICE, AS HE HAD FLOWN HIS FIRST SOLO ONE WEEK PRIOR AND DID NOT WANT TO GET OUT OF PRACTICE. HE STATED HE FELT NERVOUS IN FLIGHT TO GET THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND, BELIEVING THAT CAUSED HIM TO RUSH TO GET THE WHEELS DOWN AND APPLY INCORRECT CONTROL ONCE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY.

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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