# Accident 20010104037879A: Cessna 172S, Sioux Falls, SD, January 4, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2001, 09:46 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Joe Foss Field
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DDNS
- Location: 43.5820° N, 96.7419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOE FOSS FLD (FSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5820&lon=-96.7419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N727SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N727SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010104037879A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JANUARY 4, 2001, AT 1046 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172S, N727SP, OPERATED BY BUSINESS AVIATION, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PILOTED BY A STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO FLIGHT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING AN ON-GROUND COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, ON RUNWAY 33 (6,670 FEET BY 150 FEET, DRY/ASPHALT), AT THE JOE FOSS FIELD AIRPORT, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE LOCAL FLIGHT WAS DEPARTING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. (-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. DURING THE "GO" PORTION, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, HIT A SNOWDRIFT AND TURNED 180 DEGREES. THE OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE RIGHT WING WAS BUCKLED UPWARD. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE COWLING AND WHEEL PANTS. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WAS A SLIGHT CROSSWIND AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS FROST                            ON THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI01LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA060), Jan 4, 2001: Cessna 172S (N727SP), Sioux Falls, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: Aircraft directional control not being maintained by the student pilot during the takeoff roll. Factors to the accident were the snow bank and the student pilot's lack of total experience.

## Other reports on N727SP (2)

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

- [Incident 20221129019009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221129019009I), Nov 29, 2022: Cessna 172S (N727SP), Chesterfield, MO, No damage. Aircraft was landing and a gust of wind resulted in departing the runway and the pilot in command (PIC) went over taxiway E3 and landed in the grass next to…
- [Incident 20171018020099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171018020099I), Oct 18, 2017: Cessna 172S (N727SP), Chesterfield, MO, Minor damage. The pilot was practicing landings at spirit of st. louis (ksus) when he lost control of the aircraft just before touchdown. The aircraft banked right and…

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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