# Incident 20260727008479I: Cessna 172S, New Bedford, MA, July 27, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2026, 16:01 local time
- Place: New Bedford, MA
- Airport: New Bedford Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: LY8S
- Location: 41.6766° N, 70.9578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW BEDFORD RGNL (EWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6766&lon=-70.9578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N572BW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N572BW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 47 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260727008479I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 27, 2026, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED AT EWB ON RUNWAY 14 . SHORTLY AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. THE PILOT WAS A STUDENT PILOT CONDUCTING HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, AARON CANALI, SUPERVISED THE STUDENT SOLO FROM THE GROUND AT THE FLIGHT SCHOOL. THIS WAS THE THIRD LANDING OF THE STUDENT’S FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT COMPLETED 5 LAPS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN PRIOR TO THE LANDING THAT RESULTED IN A RUNWAY EXCURSION.  ON THE FIRST LAP THE PILOT BALLOONED AND DID A GO AROUND. SECOND, HE SUCCESSFULLY LANDED AND TAXIED BACK. THIRD, HE BOUNCED AND DID A GO AROUND. FOURTH, HE SUCCESSFULLY LANDED AND TAXIED BACK. FOLLOWING THE 5TH LAP, SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEERS TO THE RIGHT AND EXITS THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS, WHERE IT CAME TO REST. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 400 FT AFTER IT’S INITIAL TOUCH DOWN POINT. THE PILOT REPORTED HE “DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SIDESLIP, LOST CONTROL, AND ENDED UP IN THE GRASS.”  THE WIND AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT WAS REPORTED FROM 180 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE DAMAGE NOTED TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A MAINTENANCE HANGAR FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY, HOWEVER, SKID MARKS CAN BE SEEN ON THE RUNWAY FROM THE TOUCH DOWN POINT (AT THE 1000 FT MARKERS) FOR APPROXIMATELY 200 FT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT ENTERS THE GRASS INFIELD. THE TIRE MARKS CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY 200 FT IN THE GRASS BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST.

BOTH MAIN TIRES SHOWED ISOLATED AREAS OF WEAR, LIKELY TO SKIDDING ON THE RUNWAY WITH LOCKED BRAKES. TRAINING RECORDS FOR THE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE REVIEWED AND DID NOT SHOW ANY CONCERNS. THE PILOT USED INCORRECT WIND CORRECTION WHEN TRANSITIONING FROM A CRAB ANGLE TO A FORWARD SLIP. WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN, HE PANICKED AND LOCKED UP THE BRAKES CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL WHILE THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED INTO THE GRASS.

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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