# Accident 20050118001059A: Cessna 172S, Casa Grande, AZ, January 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2005, 23:30 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Airport: Casa Grande Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9547° N, 111.7669° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9547&lon=-111.7669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2157H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2157H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050118001059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE EVENT BEGAN WITH PILOT ^PRIVAC^ TRANSPORTING HIS ASSOCIATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ FROM STELLAR AIRPARK (P19) TO PICK UP HIS MOONEY AT CGZ. THE TWO ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 23:00 THE EVENING OF THE 18TH IN AIRCRAFT N2157H, A CESSNA 172, IN ORDER TO DROP OFF ^PRIVAC^. ^PRIVAC^ DEPARTED CGZ AFTER THE TWO AGREED THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVAC^ WOULD FOLLOW HIM AND THEY WOULD MEET AT STELLAR AIRPARK, THEY AGREED TO COMMUNICATE ON 122.8 FREQUENCY. ^PRIVAC^ TRIED TO CONTACT THE PILOT ^PRIVAC^ AFTER DEPARTING BUT GOT NOT RESPONSE. HE FINALLY CALLED THE PILOT ^PRIVACY^ WIFE AND ASKED HER TO REPORT HIM MISSING. AT APPROXIMATELY 04:00, 01/19/2005, ^PRIVAC^ AND A FRIEND OF THE PILOT ^PRIVAC^ FAMILY, ^PRIVACY DATA ^ DROVE TO CZG AND FOUND THE PILOT ^PRIVAC^ DEAD, LYING BESIDE N2157H AT THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 5 AT APPROXIMATELY 05:00. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT IDLE RPM AND THE TAXI LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, BUT VERY DIM. THE BODY WAS FOUND LYING PARALLEL TO THE FUSELAGE WITH THE FEET EVEN WITH THE PLANE OF THE PROPELLER AND THE HEAD POSITIONED OFF. THERE WAS SEVERE TRAUMA TO THE FACE AND HEAD AREA APPARENTLY AS A RESULT OF BEING STRUCK BY THE ROTATING PROPELLER. THERE WAS A SMALL FLASHLIGHT FOUND NEXT TO THE BODY. THE AIRCRAFT BRAKE WAS SET AND THE AVIONICS MASTER SWITCH WAS ON. IT APPEARS THE PILOT ^PRIVAC^ EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER ARRIVING AT THE RUNUP AREA AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXAMINE THE AIRCRAFT IN THE VICINITY OF THE ENGINE OR NOSE WHEEL AND WAS STRUCK BY THE ROTATING PROPELLER, CAUSING FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 LAX05LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA073), Jan 19, 2005: Cessna 172SP (N2157H), Casa Grande, AZ, no damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent encounter with a rotating propeller. Contributing factors were the dark night conditions and the pilot's fatigued condition.

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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