# Accident 20021123033299A: Cessna 172G, Stow, MA, November 23, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2002, 12:39 local time
- Place: Stow, MA
- Airport: Minute Man Airfield Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4603° N, 71.5178° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4603&lon=-71.5178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1152F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1152F-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021123033299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CLIPPED TREES ON LANDING RUNWAY 30 AT STOW AND LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD WERE NOT INJURED. THE LATEST SURFACE OBSERVATION AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS TAKEN AT BED. THE METAR AT BED AT 231756Z REPORTED THE WINDS AT 30019G31KT. CEILING AND VISIBILITY WERE NOT A FACTOR. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE STRUT AND SUBSTANTIAL AFT FUSELAGE DAMAGE.

## 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 NYC03LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA025), Nov 23, 2002: Cessna 172G (N1152F), Stow, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance. A factor in this accident was gusty wind conditions.

## Other reports on N1152F (1)

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

- [Incident 19880412021619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880412021619I), Apr 12, 1988: Cessna 172G (N1152F), Providence, RI, Minor damage. Bird strike on eight mile final for runway. Impact broke windshield and injured a passenger.

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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