# Accident 20061031022929A: Cessna 172M, Wakefield, VA, October 31, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2006, 14:00 local time
- Place: Wakefield, VA
- Airport: Wakefield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9872° N, 77.0011° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9872&lon=-77.0011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20931, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20931-2007-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 68 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061031022929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT REPORTS WHILE ON SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FROM EMPORIA AIRPORT (EMV) TO ELIZABETH CITY (ECG) HE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE. HE DIVERTED TO HAMPTON ROADS AND HAD A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. HE FURTHER DIVERTED TO WAKEFIELD AIRPORT WHEREUPON TURN TO FINAL HE REALIZED HE WOULD NOT HAVE THE USE OF FLAPS FOR THE LANDING. ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD, BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO PORPOISE DOWN THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO IMPACT THE RUNWAY SEVERAL TIMES.

## 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 NYC07CA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA019), Oct 31, 2006: Cessna 172M (N20931), Wakefield, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain control during the landing. A factor to the accident was the wind gusts.

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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