# Accident 20040103004449A: Cessna 172F, Redlands, CA, January 3, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: Redlands, CA
- Airport: Redlands Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0844° N, 117.1411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0844&lon=-117.1411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5184F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5184F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040103004449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 3, 2004, ABOUT 1200 PST, A CESSNA 172F COLLIDED WITH A LIGHT POST WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND AT REDLANDS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING AT REDLANDS AIRPORT ON A WINDY DAY AND THE SANTA ANA WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 15 KNOTS GUSTING TO 26 KNOTS. HE STATED THAT AFTER HE LANDED AND WAS ROLLING OUT, THE CROSSWIND FROM THE RIGHT GUSTED AND FORCED HIM OFF THE RUNWAY. HE SAID HE ELECTED TO ADD POWER AND GO AROUND THE PATTERN AND ATTEMPT ANOTHER LANDING. HOWEVER, AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN TO THE SOUTH OF RUNWAY 26 AND THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE TOP OF A 20 FOOT LIGHT POLE BORDERING THE EDGE OF THE AIRPORT. THE COLLISION DAMAGED THE WING AND AILERON. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO RIVERSIDE AIRPORT AND LAND WITHOUT FURTHER MISHAP. THE PILOT REPORTED NO MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL 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 LAX04CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA086), Jan 3, 2004: Cessna 172F (N5184F), Redlands, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for the existing gusty crosswind condition, and his failure to maintain directional control. Contributing factors were a crosswind and wind gusts.

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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