# Accident 20060707016519A: Cessna R172K, Grand Rapids, MN, July 7, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2006, 17:30 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MN
- Airport: Grand Rapids-Itasca County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2385° N, 93.5326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2385&lon=-93.5326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736VM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736VM-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 581 total, 439 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060707016519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) TOOK OFF INTO WIND 210-23 KNOTS. SOME WAVES BUT NO WHITE CAPS. HAD STEEPER THAN NORMAL BANK TO FLY OVER TREES, BUT HAD TROUBLE GAINING ALTITUDE. MADE DECISION TO RETURN TO LAKE FOR LANDING. BANKED SMOOTHLY TO LEFT AND WIND SHEAR KEPT RAISING RIGHT WING AND PUSHING AIRCRAFT DOWN. BROUGHT PLANE DOWN TO 20 FEET ABOVE WATER AND BEGAN TO DEPLETE WATER SURFACE FOR LANDING. DECISION WAS MADE TO PULL POWER OFF TOO SOON AND WIND PUSHED DOWN RIGHT WING AND LANDED HARD ON RIGHT FLOAT. ENCOUNTERED SMALL BOUNCE, AIRCRAFT FELL OVER TO RIGHT SIDE AND FLIPPED AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT TOTALLED DUE TO SNAPPED WING STRUTS, RIPPLED SKIN ON FUSELAGE, WING AND WATER SOAKED AVIONIC INSTRUMENTS. (-23 AMENDMENT) 12-01-06 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^   VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERED PRIVATE PILOT AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE SEA CERTIFICATE IN LIEU OF RE-EXAMINATION. TEMPORARY AIRMAN CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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