# Accident 20020410007669A: Cessna 172P, Council Bluffs, IA, April 10, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2002, 07:10 local time
- Place: Council Bluffs, IA
- Airport: Council Bluffs Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2601° N, 95.7586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COUNCIL BLUFFS MUNI (CBF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2601&lon=-95.7586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53066, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53066-2002-07-26) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020410007669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A SOLO FLIGHT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE STUDENT STATED HE WAS ON SHORT FINAL, FULL FLAPS AT APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 65 KIAS. INVESTIGATION INDICATES THE PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRSPEED TO DISSIPATE TO THE POINT AT WHICH THE AIRCRAFT STALLED. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO ROLL LEFT AND HE COULD NOT RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT WITH RIGHT AILERON. HE THEN STATED HE ADDED SOME POWER, BUT IT CONTINUED TO ROLL TO THE LEFT.(ADDING POWER WITHOUT ANY OTHER CORRECTIVE ACTION WOULD HAVE AGGRAVATED THE ROLL TO THE LEFT). THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE, THEN CARTWHEELED TO THE RIGHT WING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE SOD AREA TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 31 AT THE COUNCIL BLUFF'S AIRPORT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N53066 (1)

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

- [Incident 19891014054549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891014054549I), Oct 14, 1989: Cessna 172P (N53066), Rochester, NY, Minor damage. Ground personnel found prop tips bent back. Pilot stated he was unaware of damage. Had taxied on service road.

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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