# Accident 20011020029679A: Cessna 172N, Provo, UT, October 20, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2001, 20:45 local time
- Place: Provo, UT
- Airport: Provo Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2206° N, 111.6901° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2206&lon=-111.6901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5552E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5552E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN02LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011020029679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT MISMANAGED CONTROLS DURING LANDING AND BOUNCED 3 TIMES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP WHERE HE PARKED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 DEN02LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA003), Oct 21, 2001: Cessna 172N (N5552E), Provo, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. Contributing factors were the pilot's lack of total experience in aircraft, and the pilot's lack of recent experience in kind of aircraft.

## Other reports on N5552E (2)

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

- [Accident 19970221001749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970221001749A), Feb 21, 1997: Cessna 172N (N5552E), Delta, UT, Substantial damage. Landing quartering tailwind. Veered off rwy. Hit dirt pile. Sheared nose gear. Nosed over.
- [Accident 19860703030449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860703030449A), Jul 3, 1986: Cessna 172N (N5552E), Tooele_valley, UT, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing, bounced, ran off runway and flipped inverted.

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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