20250730012329I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · Ann Arbor, MI · July 30, 2025

Date
July 30, 2025 · 17:12 local
Place
Ann Arbor, MI
Airport
Ann Arbor Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3540T
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
24 total15 in this make and model24 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.

Student pilot was on a solo flight doing pattern work. The aircraft landed runway 6, veered left towards the grass after touchdown and exited the runway around A2 taxiway at a slow speed contacting a runway light. The aircraft was able to taxi back onto the runway and taxi back to parking.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO FLIGHT DOING PATTERN WORK. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 6, VEERED LEFT TOWARDS THE GRASS AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND EXITED THE RUNWAY AROUND A2 TAXIWAY AT A SLOW SPEED CONTACTING A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO TAXI BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY AND TAXI BACK TO PARKING.