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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Broomfield, CO · May 3, 2026

Date
May 3, 2026 · 15:18 local
Place
Broomfield, CO
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
Y61S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N25CW
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
433 total157 in this make and model153 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.

While landing, aircraft experience wind gust from teh right. Student pilot did not compensate correctly resulting in teh aircraft veering left to teh edge of teh runway before CFI took control. Aircraft stuck runway light resulting in minor damage to left side of aircraft just forward of lower wing strut attachment point.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE WIND GUST FROM TEH RIGHT. STUDENT PILOT DID NOT COMPENSATE CORRECTLY RESULTING IN TEH AIRCRAFT VEERING LEFT TO TEH EDGE OF TEH RUNWAY BEFORE CFI TOOK CONTROL. AIRCRAFT STUCK RUNWAY LIGHT RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT JUST FORWARD OF LOWER WING STRUT ATTACHMENT POINT.