# Accident 20050920023439A: Cessna 172S, Cedar City, UT, September 20, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2005, 17:45 local time
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Airport: Cedar City Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7008° N, 113.0986° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7008&lon=-113.0986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172GW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N172GW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05CA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050920023439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS THE AIRCRAFT FLARED FOR TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE BALLOONED UP AND THE PILOT PUSHED THE NOSE OVER. THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD ON THE NOSEWHEEL BENDING THE PROPELLER TIPS AND WRINKLING THE FIREWALL AND THE BOTTOM BELLY SKIN BEHIND THE FIREWALL.

## 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 DEN05CA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA145), Sep 20, 2005: Cessna 172S (N172GW), Cedar City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing. Factors contributing to the accident were the improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N172GW (1)

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

- [Incident 20071103826759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071103826759I), Nov 3, 2007: Cessna 172S (N172GW), Sedona, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot in command was taxiing out for a north departure at sez. Numerous taxiways were closed necessitating the pilot in command to back taxi on 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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