# Incident 19970207004409I: Cessna 172F, St Paul, MN, February 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1997, 19:00 local time
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: Lake Elmo Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9972° N, 92.8537° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE ELMO (21D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9972&lon=-92.8537&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5709R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5709R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 46 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970207004409I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE IN TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR LANDING UPON RETURN FROM SOLO XC, PILOT ENCOUNTERED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE UPON REDUCTION OF POWER DURING DOWNWIND TURN TO BASE LDG RWY 31 LAKE ELMO. PILOT APPLIED CARB HEAT, TURNED FINAL AND ADDED POWER BUT ENGINE QUIT. PILOT LANDED APPROXIMATELY 300' SHORT OF THRESHOLD IN SNOW AND OVERTURNED AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE LIMITED TO PLEXIGLASS REAR WINDOW. FUEL ON BOARD APPROXIMATELY 2 HOUR REMAINING. PILOT PROPERLY ENDORSED. A/C AIRWORHTY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N5709R (1)

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

- [Accident 19940417022119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940417022119A), Apr 17, 1994: Cessna 172F (N5709R), Arlington, CA, Substantial damage. Practice forced landings. Student froze on controls. Unable to free control CFI called for power. Stalled nose high

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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