# Incident 20050604016209I: Cessna 172S, Prescott, AZ, June 4, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2005, 13:00 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5352U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5352U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 50 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050604016209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESSES, INCLUDING A POLICE OFFICER AND OFF DUTY PRC TOWER CONTROLLER OBSERVED N5352U MAKING REPEATED ABRUPT MANEUVERS AND 45 DEGREE BANK TURNS AT ALTITUDE ESTIMATED TO BE 100 TO 200 FEET AGL OVER CONGESTED AREAS OF A SHOPPING CENTER AND HEAVILY TRAVELED ROAD. UPON THE PILOT'S RETURN TO PRC, PRESCOTT POLICE INTERVIEWED THE PILOT AND ADMINISTERED A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST, BREATHALYZER TEST AND DREW A BLOOD SAMPLE FOR LATER ANALYSIS. POST FLIGHT BREATHALYZER TEST REGISTERED PILOT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT (B.A.C.) AS .126. (LEGAL B.A.C. PER 14 CFR PART 91.17(A)(4) IS .04). PILOT WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED BY POLICE WITH "DUI AND ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF AN AIRCRAFT AND DUI ABOVE .04 IN AN AIRCRAFT." PILOT'S TRIAL DATE IS CURRENTLY PENDING. ADDITIONALLY, PILOT'S MEDICAL WAS EXPIRED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N5352U (1)

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

- [Incident 20150218001869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150218001869I), Feb 18, 2015: Cessna 172S (N5352U), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. Wednesday February 18th. A student and the pilot completed a preflight of N5352U. Checked the weather and NOTAMS for kprc. Then departed kprc to evaluate the…

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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