# Incident 20000323001759I: Cessna 172M, Chatfield, MN, March 23, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2000, 17:30 local time
- Place: Chatfield, MN
- Airport: Flying A Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8167° N, 92.3369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Flying A Airport (2C4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8167&lon=-92.3369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9853Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9853Q-2014-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,753 total, 1,111 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000323001759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION OPERATION, THE STUDENT PILOT, DEAN COLLIER, WAS LANDING ON TURF RUNWAY 9R OF FLYING A AIRPORT AT CHATFIELD MN.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS N9853Q, CESSNA 172M.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, JOSEPH D. FISHBURN, WAS IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT.  THERE WAS A CROSS WIND FROM THE RIGHT.  THE AIRSPEED DECREASED, THE RATE OF DESCENT INCREASED, THE INSTRUCTOR WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT A HARD LANDING.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N9853Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20121202026269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121202026269A), Dec 2, 2012: Cessna 172M (N9853Q), Rohester, MN, Substantial damage. Pilot was flying from the right seat with a primary student pilot in the left seat (on this leg of the flight it has not been determined that dual instruction…
- [Incident 19851029064869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851029064869I), Oct 29, 1985: Cessna 172M (N9853Q), Rochester, MN, Minor damage. Applied carburetor heat and descended. Power would not increase. Landed in field. Probable carburetor icing.

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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