# Accident 20031204031179A: Cessna 172N, Nogales, AZ, December 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2003, 09:15 local time
- Place: Nogales, AZ
- Airport: Nogales Int'L Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4267° N, 110.8478° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4267&lon=-110.8478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5216J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5216J-2005-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 31 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031204031179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO CONDUCTING FIRST APPROACH TO LANDING. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON LANDING, BECAME AIRBORNE, LANDED AGAIN AND DEPARTED RUNWAY 21 TO THE SOUTHWEST. STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND AND LOST AIRCRAFT CONTROL. AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DIRT BERM 150 FEET FROM RUNWAY 21 AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. STUDENT PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT UNASSISTED.

## 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 LAX04LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA056), Dec 4, 2003: Cessna 172N (N5216J), Nogales, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to maintain directional control.

## Other reports on N5216J (1)

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

- [Incident 19870102001409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870102001409I), Jan 2, 1987: Cessna 172N (N5216J), Flagstaff, AZ, Minor damage. The aircraft ballooned on landing and landed hard, scraping the propeller and right wingtip.

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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