# Accident 20010107000159A: Cessna 172P, Concord, NH, January 7, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2001, 11:00 local time
- Place: Concord, NH
- Airport: Concord Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2017° N, 71.5022° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2017&lon=-71.5022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54931, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54931-2002-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 423 total, 69 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD01LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010107000159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS CONDUCTING FLIGHT INSTRUCION WITH A STUDENT AND WAS SIMULATING AN ENGINE-OUT CONDITION. THE A/C LANDED APPROX. 1/4 DOWN THE RUNWAY ON SNOW COVERED ICE. PILOT REPORTED NO BRAKING AND SLID OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED OVER. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WEATHER REPORTED AS 8 KNOT TAILWIND. (.4) THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 35, WHICH WAS COVERED WITH PATCHES OF SNOW AND ICE, AND CLIMBED TO 1,200 FEET BEFORE LEVELING THE AIRPLANE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THEN INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT PILOT TO PERFORM A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE APPROACH AND LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT TURNED THE AIRPLANE 270 DEGREES AND PREPARED FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 12. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT HALF-WAY DOWN THE 3,200 FOOT-LONG RUNWAY, AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THEN TOOK THE CONTROLS AND LANDED ON THE SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, AND AS THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STEPPED ON THE BRAKES, THE AIRPLANE SKID INTO A SNOWBANK AND NOSED OVER. BOTH PILOTS REPORTED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE AIRPLANE. THE WINDS R                                             EPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE FROM 320 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS.

## 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 IAD01LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA024), Jan 7, 2001: Cessna 172P (N54931), Concord, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's improper decision to land downwind on the snow and ice covered runway with a tailwind, and his failure to perform a go-around. Factors in the accident were the tailwind 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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