# Accident 20040711022459A: Cessna 172C, Edinburg, NY, July 11, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2004, 14:30 local time
- Place: Edinburg, NY
- Airport: Plateau Sky Ranch Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2222° N, 74.1186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2222&lon=-74.1186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8358X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8358X-2004-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,524 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD04FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04FA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040711022459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS OBSERVED APPROACHING FAST AND LANDING LONG, BEYOND THE MID-POINT OF THE RUNWAY. A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED, BUT THE AIRPLANE HIT TREES BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AIRPLANE FELL THROUGH TREES AND IMPACTED NOSE DOWN ON ROAD.

## 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 IAD04FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04FA031), Jul 11, 2004: Cessna 172C (N8358X), Edinburgh, NY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's occluded left main coronary artery, which resulted in a massive heart attack and sudden death in flight.

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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