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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Vashon RANGER R7 · Carbondale, IL · August 27, 2026

Date
August 27, 2026 · 20:52 local
Place
Carbondale, IL
Airport
Southern Illinois
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N369VR
Reported as
Vashon Ranger R7
Reported engine
Continental O-200-D
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
85 total85 in this make and model82 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.

A student pilot bounced the aircraft multiple times during landing on runway 36L at Carbondale/murphysboro, IL (mdh), on his first solo flight. After taxiing to the ramp and parking, the post-flight inspection found firewall damage.

As the FAA filed it

A STUDENT PILOT BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT MULTIPLE TIMES DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 36L AT CARBONDALE/MURPHYSBORO, IL (MDH), ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. AFTER TAXIING TO THE RAMP AND PARKING, THE POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND FIREWALL DAMAGE.