# Accident 20050207032289A: Cessna 172P, Cross Keys, NJ, February 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2005, 12:40 local time
- Place: Cross Keys, NJ
- Airport: Cross Keys Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2987° N, 74.5201° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2987&lon=-74.5201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54812, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 11 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05CA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050207032289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING HIS FIRST SOLO ON RUNWAY 9. HE HAD CONDUCTED ONE TAKEOFF AND ONE LANDING PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. AFTER A FULL STOP LANDING ON THE FIRST TAKEOFF THE STUDENT TAXIED BACK TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND PERFORMED ANOTHER TAKEOFF. THE TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL WITH BOTH MAIN GEAR CONTACTING THE ASPHALT. THE STUDENT PILOT HAD SOME TROUBLE SEEING BECAUSE HE WAS SITTING LOWER THEN HE NORMALLY DOES. THE AIRPLANE WAS INADVERTENTLY STEERED TO THE LEFT AND THE LEFT MAIN ENCOUNTERED SNOW ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DUG INTO THE SNOW FORCING THE AIRPLANE TO VEER TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS BACK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WITH ITS NOSE POINTING 180 DEGREES TO THE DIRECTION OF LANDING. THE SLIGHTLY ELEVATED SNOW BANK COVERED APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 IAD05CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05CA037), Feb 7, 2005: Cessna 172P (N54812), Cross Keys, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain directional control. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilots lack of experience, and the snow bank.

## Other reports on N54812 (1)

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

- [Incident 19930520017529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930520017529I), May 20, 1993: Cessna 172P (N54812), Morgantown, PA, Minor damage. Engine malfunction. Precautionary landing. Landed long on wet grass runway. Skidded off end of runway.

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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