# Accident 20050416005269A: Cessna 172B, Collegeville, PA, April 16, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2005, 11:00 local time
- Place: Collegeville, PA
- Airport: Perkiomen Valley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2039° N, 75.4300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2039&lon=-75.4300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7653X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7653X-2007-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 121 total, 45 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050416005269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT SAID SHE WAS HIGH ON FINAL APPROACH TO CLEAR TREES. SHE SAID HER AIRSPEED WAS 70-75 MPH. AFTER CLEARING THE TREES, SHE SAID THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A HIGH RATE OF SINK FROM WHICH SHE COULD NOT RECOVER. AS THE AIRPLANE WENT DOWN, THE LEFT WING STRUCK TWO LIMBS. THE AIRPLANE HIT THE GROUND NOSE FIRST AND CAME TO A REST INVERTED. BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE WINDSCREEN AND HAD ONLY MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 NYC05CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA072), Apr 16, 2005: Cessna 172B (N7653X), Collegeville, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a downdraft, which resulted in a collision with trees. A factor related to the accident was the downdraft wind conditions.

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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