# Accident 19960612013419A: Cessna 172N, Farmington, NM, June 12, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1996, 10:30 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GONA
- Location: 36.7510° N, 108.1795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7510&lon=-108.1795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3535E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3535E-2012-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA246) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960612013419A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL ON TOUCH AND GO PRACTICE. EXITED RUNWAY ACROSS GRASS TAXIWAY AND RAMP THEN STRUCK PARKED AIRCRAFT. (-23) UPON TOUCHDOWN RWY 25, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES, VEERED LEFT INTO SAFETY AREA GOT AIRBORNE AGAIN THEN TOUCHED DOWN IN THE DIRT SAFETY AREA, SHEARING OFF THE NOSE GEAR ON THE EDGE OF THE EAST RAMP. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AGAINST A CESSNA 402, N26156 PARKED ON THE EAST PARKING RAMP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW96LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA246), Jun 12, 1996: Cessna 172N (N3535E), Farmington, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go landing, which resulted in a ground swerve and subsequent collision with a parked airplane.

## Other reports on N3535E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20020109000399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020109000399A), Jan 9, 2002: Cessna 172N (N3535E), Durango, CO, No damage. (-23) Aircraft departed farmington, NM on the morning of January 09, 2002. Flew up a canyon near Durango, was unable to climb or turn around. A/c crased at…

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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