# Accident 20070703011759A: Cessna 172K, Cedar City, UT, July 3, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2007
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6775° N, 113.0619° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6775&lon=-113.0619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84888, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84888) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 58 total, 38 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070703011759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 7/2/2007 AT APPROX 1500 LOCAL TIME STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED ON A DRY LAKE BED TO CHECK HIS FUEL LOAD. AFTER CHECK PILOT WAS TAKING OFF WHEN A WIND GUST CAUGHT THE AIRCRAFT AND WEATHER VANED PERPENDICULAR TO HIS FLIGHT PATH. LOWERED NOSE TO GAIN GROUND SPEED, COULD NOT GET AIRSPEED AND TRIED TO LAND AGAIN. HE TRIED TO MISS 2 MOUNDS OF DIRT BY STEERING AND BRAKING. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TILT FROM WINGTIP TO WINGTIP HITTING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND. A/C CAME TO REST WITH THE TAIL IN THE AIR AND PROPELLER SPINNER IN THE DIRT. STUDENT PILOT PULLED AIRCRAFT DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR AND SHUT OFF THE ELT AND CALLED HIS INSTRUCTOR TO PICK HIM UP.

## 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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