# Accident 20061224027809A: Cessna 172N, Cottonwood Fall, KS, December 24, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2006, 11:00 local time
- Place: Cottonwood Fall, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3508° N, 96.5503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3508&lon=-96.5503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4811G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4811G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 90 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07CA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061224027809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRMAN MISIDENTIFIED THE LANDING SURFACE FOR THE AIRPORT, MADE AN APPROACH TO A PASTURE, AND FLEW THROUGH A 3 STRAND BARBED WIRE FENCE. THE PILOT ABORTED THE LANDING, FOUND THE AIRPORT, AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGERS, BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, AS WELL AS MINOR DAMAGE TO OTHER AREAS OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 DEN07CA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA043), Dec 24, 2006: Cessna 172N (N4811G), Cottonwood Fall, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the fence. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inability to properly identify the runway environment, and the improper in-flight decision to…

## Other reports on N4811G (2)

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

- [Accident 20121118025139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121118025139A), Nov 18, 2012: Cessna 172N (N4811G), Poplar Grove, IL, Substantial damage. PIC of N4811G was conducting touch and go crosswind landings in the pattern at C77. On his third landing, he stated the aircraft began veering to the right…
- [Incident 19800824064049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800824064049I), Aug 24, 1980: Cessna 172N (N4811G), Mckinley Park, AK, Minor damage. Late to abort takeoff. Dragged a wing tip during swerve to avoid embankment.

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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