# Accident 20050311003219A: Cessna 172N, Emigrant Gap, CA, March 11, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2005, 12:15 local time
- Place: Emigrant Gap, CA
- Airport: Blue Canyon - Nyack Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2747° N, 120.7097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2747&lon=-120.7097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4682G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4682G-2007-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 218 total, 30 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05CA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050311003219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 15 AT BLUE CANYON AIRPORT. WINDS WERE 180 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS. LAST QUARTER OF THE RUNWAY WAS CLEAR FROM SNOW MELT WHILE NORTHERN THREE QUARTERS OF THE RUNWAY WERE STILL COVERED IN SNOW. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY IN APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT OF VERY WET SNOW OVER A LAYER OF SLUSH. AIRCRAFT THEN FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK AND CAME TO A REST ON APPROXIMATELY THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 LAX05CA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA111), Mar 11, 2005: Cessna 172A (N4682G), Emigrant Gap, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and his selection of an unsuitable landing area, resulting in an encounter with a snow-covered runway.

## Other reports on N4682G (1)

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

- [Incident 19921226051739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921226051739I), Dec 26, 1992: Cessna 172N (N4682G), Palo Alto, CA, Minor damage. Rough running engine on takeoff roll. Aborted. Departed end of runway,hit a ditch. Overturned. Accident downgraded.

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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