# Incident 20260418005159I: Cessna 172H, Farmington, NM, April 18, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2026, 09:55 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7413° N, 108.2299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOUR CORNERS RGNL (FMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7413&lon=-108.2299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2847L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2847L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- 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/20260418005159I

## Narrative

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

ON 04/18/2026 AT 0955 A CESSNA 172 HAD A PROPELLER AND WING TIP STRIKE DURING LANDING ON A SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT. THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD A PROPELLER AND RIGHT-WING TIP STRIKE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED; THE PILOT IS A STUDENT PILOT AND THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN FMN.

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING THIS AIRCRAFT ON APRIL 18, 2026 AROUND 9:00AM IN THE MORNING.  THIS WAS THE STUDENTS THIRD SOLO FLIGHT AS A STUDENT PILOT, AND HE WAS PRACTICING TRAFFIC PATTERNS. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS TAKING OFF AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 25, MAKING RIGHT TRAFFIC.  ON HIS THIRD TAKEOFF AND LANDING HE WAS COMING IN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25, AND DURING THE FLARE, THE STUDENT PILOT BALLOONED.  AFTER BALLOONING HE EXTENDED THE LANDING DOWN THE RUNWAY. THIS CAUSED THE STUDENT PILOT TO OVER CORRECT LEADING TO THE SUBSEQUENT PROP AND RIGHT-WING TIP STRIKE.  THE POWER WAS IDLE AT THE TIME.  THE INITIAL CALL TO THE TOWER WAS FOR A TOUCH AND GO, WHICH WAS APPROVED.  BECAUSE OF THE PROP STRIKE, THE STUDENT PILOT RADIOED THE TOWER AND INFORMED THEM THAT HE HAD A PROP STRIKE AND THAT HE WANTED TO EXIT DELTA AND TAXI TO THE SUNSHADES. THIS WAS APPROVED. THE PILOT TAXIED BACK TO THE SUNSHADES WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED AND TIED DOWN IN ITS DESIGNATED SPOT.

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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