# Accident 19980919025429A: Cessna 172M, Stow, MA, September 19, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1998
- Place: Stow, MA
- Airport: Minute Man Airfield Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Location: 42.4604° N, 71.5180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4604&lon=-71.5180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1729V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA190) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980919025429A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED DOWNWIND AND WENT OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 03. (-23) N1729V, C172, LANDED DOWNWIND, WENT OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 03, STOW-MINUTEMAN AIRPORT, MA AND FLIPPED OVER AT 1519 EDT, 09/19/98. ONE PERSON ON BOARD, NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  AT THE TIME OF WRECKAGE INSPECTION FINAL RESTING PLACE OF A/C: WAS APPROXIMATELY 120' FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 3.  THE NOSE WHEEL WAS FOUND ABOUT 70' FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 3.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH THE RUNWAY AND WAS UPSIDE DOWN.  THE TAIL WAS NOTICEABLY CRUSHED, THE PROP BLADES WERE BENT, THE EXHAUST STACK WAS BENT AND THE NOSE WHEEL WAS MISSING.  THE REGISTRATION, FCC LICENSE AND CT STATE REVENUE CERTIFICATE WERE FOUND, HOWEVER, THE AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE WAS NOT LOCATED.

## 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 NYC98LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA190), Sep 19, 1998: Cessna 172 (N1729V), Stow, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. Contributing factors were the pilot's lack of a single engine experience/certification. Also a factor was the flying club's inadequate oversight…

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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