# Accident 20031016025689A: Cessna 172M, Sanford, NC, October 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2003, 17:30 local time
- Place: Sanford, NC
- Airport: Sanford-Lee County Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5836° N, 79.1006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5836&lon=-79.1006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64255 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031016025689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 3 AT SANFORD, NC WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO A DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER. WITNESS STATED AIRCRAFT LANDED FAST AND FLOATED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET DOWN RUNWAY PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.

## 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 ATL04LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA018), Oct 16, 2003: Cessna 172M (N64255), Sanford, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing roll resulting in a collision with a ditch, and subsequent nose over.

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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