# Accident 19970421006359A: Cessna 172F, Ninilchik, AK, April 21, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1997, 19:35 local time
- Place: Ninilchik, AK
- Airport: Ninilchik Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.0710° N, 151.4193° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0710&lon=-151.4193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5407R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5407R) (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: 672 total, 589 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC97LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970421006359A

## Narrative

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

MADE LOW PASS OVER CLOSED STRIP TO CHECK CONDITION. DRIFTED. UNINTENTIALLY WHEEL TOUCHED. 172 FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 ANC97LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA061), Apr 22, 1997: Cessna 172 (N5407R), Ninilchik, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain altitude/clearance from a closed runway, while making a low pass, which resulted in an inadvertent touchdown.

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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