# Accident 20080606838739A: Cessna 172C, Nortonville, ND, June 6, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2008, 10:40 local time
- Place: Nortonville, ND
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5583° N, 98.7387° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nortonville, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5583&lon=-98.7387&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1437Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1437Y-2012-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 130 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080606838739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM BIS TO 6L3, PART 91 FLIGHT, NO PASSENGERS, VFR CONDITIONS.  PILOT STATES DURING CRUISE, "ENGINE JUST QUIT".  SWITCHED FUEL SELECTOR TO RIGHT TANK BECAUSE "IT HAD MORE THAN THE LEFT TANK".  ENGINE CAUGHT FOR SECOND AND QUIT.  PILOT STATES IT WAS NECESSARY TO PUT DOWN IN FIELD AS THE ROADS IN IMMEDIATE AREA WERE SURROUNDED BY POWERLINES.  AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ONCE FOR APPROX 30 YARDS, THEN AIRBORNE FOR APPROX 22 YARDS AND TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN.  THIS TIME NOSEWHEEL "DUG" IN THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED.  FIELD SOIL CONDITIONS WERE SOFT DUE TO RECENT RAIN.  CORN CROP WAS NOT A FACTOR AS HEIGHT WAS ONLY 4-6 INCHES.  PILOT SUFFERED MINOR FACIAL CUTS AND BRUISING.  AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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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