# Accident 20050312003339A: Cessna 172P, Huntsville, AL, March 12, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2005, 08:00 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Redstone Aaf Base
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6719° N, 86.6922° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6719&lon=-86.6922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5456K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5456K-2007-05-23) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 110 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050312003339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON APPROACH TO RWY 17, PILOT IN COMMAND LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE IN CROSSWIND, RESULTING IN UNCONTROLLED TOUCHDOWN, AND POST CRASH FIRE DUE TO IMPACT. AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED, PILOT ESCAPED INJURY. WIND WAS 230/12 ACCORDING TO HSV AWOS AT TIME OF 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 ATL05CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA062), Mar 12, 2005: Cessna 172P (N5456K), Redstone Arsnl, AL, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during approach, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with the runway. Factors were the turbulence and crosswind…

## Other reports on N5456K (1)

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

- [Accident 19801207070929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801207070929A), Dec 7, 1980: Cessna 172N (N5456K), Tangier Island, VA, Substantial damage. Pilot stalled & crashed airplane just short of runway during landing approach.

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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