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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Monroe, GA · April 2, 2026

Date
April 2, 2026 · 11:30 local
Place
Monroe, GA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5283R
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
28 total28 in this make and model8 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.

The student pilot who had met all requirements to perform his first solo flight departed off of the runway during the landing phase due to excessive vertical speed, incorrect pitch attitude, and late/abrupt flare.

As the FAA filed it

THE STUDENT PILOT WHO HAD MET ALL REQUIREMENTS TO PERFORM HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT DEPARTED OFF OF THE RUNWAY DURING THE LANDING PHASE DUE TO EXCESSIVE VERTICAL SPEED, INCORRECT PITCH ATTITUDE, AND LATE/ABRUPT FLARE.

Other reports on N5283R · 1

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