# Accident 20071208828729A: Cessna 172G, Hastings, MI, December 8, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2007, 12:45 local time
- Place: Hastings, MI
- Airport: Hastings
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6636° N, 85.3461° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6636&lon=-85.3461&mi=10
- Aircraft: N173DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N173DA-2008-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071208828729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON INITIAL SOLO LANDED ON RUNWAY 30. ON THE SECOND LANDING HE VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE AND WINGS. RUNWAY WAS DRY WITH SMALL PATCHES OF SNOW AND ICE.

## 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 CHI08CA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA049), Dec 8, 2007: Cessna 172 (N173DA), Hastings, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing. Factors were the ditch and the icy runway.

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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