# Accident 20060517007189A: Cessna R172E, Albuquerque, NM, May 17, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2006, 15:45 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0403° N, 106.6092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0403&lon=-106.6092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7898N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7898N-2007-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- Reported engine: CONT IO360CONT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 150 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060517007189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 17, 2006, AT 1545 MDT CESSNA 172, N7898N REGISTERED TO KIRTLAND AFB AERO CLUB, FLIPPED OVER WHILE PERFORMING AN AFTER LANDING CHECK LIST AT ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON MAY 17, 2006 AT 1445 MDT.

## 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 DEN06CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA077), May 17, 2006: Cessna R172E (T-41C) (N7898N), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A contributing factor was the wind gust.

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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