# Accident 20050226004509A: Cessna 172K, Portage, WI, February 26, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2005, 16:20 local time
- Place: Portage, WI
- Airport: Portage Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5603° N, 89.4828° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5603&lon=-89.4828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7325G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7325G-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 170 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050226004509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING, FLYING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT, THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER. WHEN THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND, HE PUSHED THE THROTTLE FULL FORWARD AND PULLED BACK ON THE CONTROL YOKE. THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AND THEN STALLED AND CRASHED TO THE GROUND.

## 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 CHI05CA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA075), Feb 26, 2005: Cessna 172K (N7325G), Portage, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the aborted landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall at a low altitude. Factors to the accident were the pilot's lack of experience…

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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