# Incident 20041224034829I: Cessna 172R, Lapeer, MI, December 24, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2004, 16:15 local time
- Place: Lapeer, MI
- Airport: Dupont-Lapeer Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DJXS
- Location: 43.0665° N, 83.2716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPONT/LAPEER (D95), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0665&lon=-83.2716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N920TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N920TA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 75 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041224034829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT, UPON LANDING RUNWAY 18 AT D95, HE FLARED TOO SOON, BALLOONED AND WAS BLOWN OFF RUNWAY CENTERLINE BY A GUST OF WIND. ATTEMPTS TO RETURN TO RUNWAY CENTER USING RUDDER WAS FRUITLESS AS HE HAD EXITED THE RUNWAY AND RUN INTO THE BANK OF PLOWED SNOW AT THE EDGE. AT THAT POINT HE HAD APPLIED THE BRAKES, STILL ATTEMPTING TO RECOVER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, STRIKING THE SPINNER AND THE PROP IN THE GROUND. AS THE AIRCRAFT WENT VERTICAL, IT STRUCK BOTH WINGTIPS IN THE GROUND, SPUN AROUND AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT, FACING WEST.

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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