# Accident 20061201029009A: Cessna 172L, Crookston, MN, December 1, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2006, 18:30 local time
- Place: Crookston, MN
- Airport: Crookston Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8294° N, 96.6372° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8294&lon=-96.6372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9850G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9850G-2008-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 30 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061201029009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND 1 MILE FROM AIRPORT AT A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE KILLED. PILOT TOOK-OFF ON RUNWAY 31. WEATHER DATA BEFORE/DURING/AND AFTER CRASH IS AS FOLLOWS: METAR KCKN 020015Z AUTO 32009KT 5SM -SM SCT013 BKN019 OVC034 M06/M09 A2989; METAR KCKN 020035Z AUTO 32011G16KT 1SM SN OVC002 M07/M08 A2990; METAR KCKN 020055Z AUTO 33009KT 2SM -SN BKN004 OVCOO8 M07/M09 A2991

## 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 CHI07FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA032), Dec 2, 2006: Cessna 172 (N9850G), Crookston, MN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions which led to his spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of control. Factors were the snow, the low ceiling, and 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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