# Accident 20000529037069A: Cessna 172N, Plainwell, MI, May 29, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2000, 16:54 local time
- Place: Plainwell, MI
- Airport: Otsego Plainwell Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4405° N, 85.6405° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4405&lon=-85.6405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5200K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5200K-2000-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000529037069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ALNDED LONG WENT OFF END OF RUNWAY OVER DITCH FLIPPED OVER AND CAUGHT FIRE. FLIGHT TIME INLAST 90 DAYS IS INSPECTOR ESTIMATE, PILOT DID NOT PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, AND PILOT LOGBOOKS WERE BURNED IN AIRCRAFT FIRE.

## 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 CHI00LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA146), May 29, 2000: Cessna 172N (N5200K), Plainwell, MI, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot exceeded the proper touchdown point during the landing. Factors associated with the accident were the fence and the ditch which the airplane contacted.

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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