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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Textron 172S · Millville, NJ · March 26, 2026

Date
March 26, 2026 · 10:45 local
Place
Millville, NJ
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
DQ8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N817FG
Reported as
Textron 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
187 total177 in this make and model89 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.

During landing, the pilot experienced an un-forecast gust of wind causing a hard landing. The propeller subsequently struck the ground resulting in damage to the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN UN-FORECAST GUST OF WIND CAUSING A HARD LANDING. THE PROPELLER SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK THE GROUND RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.