# Accident 20040128000839A: Cessna 172N, Idaho Falls, ID, January 28, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2004, 10:40 local time
- Place: Idaho Falls, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6303° N, 111.9272° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6303&lon=-111.9272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734CB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734CB-2005-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040128000839A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE GIVING INSTRUMENT FLIGHT INSTRUCTION, THE PIC DEPARTED ON THE FLIGHT IN A SINGLE ENGINE, NOT CERTIFICATED FOR FLIGHT INTO ICING AIRCRAFT, WHEN HE WAS AWARE THAT ICING CONDITIONS EXISTED. HE LANDED AT REXBURG IDAHO, SPENT 30 MINUTES BREAKING ICE OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN DEPARTED AGAIN INTO KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME TOO HEAVY WITH ICE TO MAINTAIN FLIGHT WHILE ON THE ILS TO IDAHO FALLS AIRPORT IDAHO AND CRASHED INTO A FIELD DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT AND RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURIES TO THE STUDENT PILOT.

## 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 SEA04LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA038), Jan 28, 2004: Cessna 172N (N734CB), Rigby, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to follow procedures, i.e., operating the non-icing certified aircraft in known icing conditions contrary to the pilot operators handbook which resulted in ice…

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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