# Accident 20050203001159A: Cessna 172N, Idaho Falls, ID, February 3, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2005, 12:29 local time
- Place: Idaho Falls, ID
- Airport: Fanning Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5144° N, 112.0703° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5144&lon=-112.0703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5204K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5204K-2014-09-03) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 242 total, 14 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05CA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050203001159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 3, 2005 AT 1240 MST A CESSNA 172N, N5204K, S/N 17274009, RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RWY 35 AT IDAHO FALLS AIRPORT, (IDA) AND FLIPPED OVER, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND VERTICAL FIN AND RUDDER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO'S AS PART OF THE STUDENT TRAINING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (STUDENT) WAS AT THE CONTROLS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^    WAS THE CFI. DURING ROLL OUT ON THE SECOND TOUCH AND GO, THE STUDENT APPLIED POWER, AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DRIFTING LEFT, AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE CONTROL LOSS FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, NOSED OVER IN SNOW, AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. ^PRIVACY DATA O^ WROTE IN HIS STATEMENT THAT HE FELT THAT THE CFI'S FEET WERE AGAINST THE RUDDER PEDALS WHICH KEPT HIM FROM BEING ABLE TO CORRECT THE AIRCRAFT'S LINE OF TRAVEL.

## 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 SEA05CA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA043), Feb 3, 2005: Cessna 172N (N5204K), Idaho Falls, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight. A contributing factor was the deep snow beside the runway.

## Other reports on N5204K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20120716014229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120716014229A), Jul 16, 2012: Cessna 172N (N5204K), Rockford, ID, Substantial damage. Aircraft lost power 45 minutes into flight resulting in forced landing 1.5 miles se of Rockford, ID in a field. Upon landing a/c flipped over. Instructor…

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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