# Accident 20040308003709A: Cessna 172R, Dubuque, IA, March 8, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2004, 21:55 local time
- Place: Dubuque, IA
- Airport: Dubuque Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4019° N, 90.7094° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4019&lon=-90.7094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N105FS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N105FS-2005-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040308003709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) EN ROUTE FROM DES MOINES, IOWA, TO MADISON, WISCONSIN, ENCOUNTERED ICING CONDITIONS AROUND CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA. REQUEST TO DIVERT INTO DUBUQUE REGIONAL AIRPORT WAS GRANTED, WITH A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36. AIRCRAFT HAD APPROXIMATELY 1/4 INCH OF ICE BUILD-UP ON THE WINGS AND STRUTS AT THE TIME. WEATHER AT THE TIME IN DUBUQUE WAS CEILING: FEW 300, BROKEN 600, OVERCAST 2900; LIGHT SNOW; VISIBILITY 1 1/4 MILE; WINDS 5 KNOTS. PILOT INITIALLY HAD TROUBLE LOCATING THE AIRPORT. ONCE OVER THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT, PILOT CORRECTED THEN OBSERVED THE END OF THE RUNWAY APPROACHING. AN ATTEMPT TO GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SHAKE AS IF STALLING, PILOT COULD NOT GAIN CONTROL AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 CHI04LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA085), Mar 9, 2004: Cessna 172R (N105FS), Dubuque, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate in-flight planning/decision which resulted in ice accretion on the airframe, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed resulting in a stall. Contributing…

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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