N18563 is a 2005 Cessna 172S. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 4 seats, powered by a Lycoming IO-360-L2A rated at 180 horsepower. Its registration was cancelled in Sep 2005. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Jun 2012. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
FAA recordRegistered in Carlsbad, CA in 2006 · deregistered in 2005.
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The student pilot was on his third solo flight and planned to do several “touch-and-go landings.” He reported he had completed 5 series of landings without incident. On the sixth landing, he stated that after the main wheels touched the runway, the airplane veered left. The student pilot was unable to correct back to the center of the runway. The airplane then exited the hard surface runway and when the nose gear encountered soft terrain; dug in, and was torn from the airplane. The student pilot added that at the time of the accident the wind was out of the southeast and gusting, but was within the crosswind limit he and his flight instructor had set before the flight.
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About the Cessna 172S
About the modelThe Skyhawk SP — the current-production 172, four-seat and high-wing, with a fuel-injected engine and, on later aircraft, a glass panel. The standard trainer at many flight schools.