# Accident 20080808845479A: Cessna 172S, Incline Villag, NV, August 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2008, 21:00 local time
- Place: Incline Villag, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2711° N, 119.9981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2711&lon=-119.9981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15963, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15963-2009-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 94 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08FA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080808845479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT INITIALLY CONTACTED A TREE APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.  THE RIGHT WING SEPARATED AT THAT POINT.  THE FUSELAGE, LEFT WING AND ENGINE CONTINUED APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET TO GROUND IMPACT THEN CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM INITIAL GROUND IMPACT.  THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER ASSEMBLY CONTINUED APPROXIMATELY 850 FEET FURTHER AND CAME TO REST AGAINST A TREE.

## 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 LAX08FA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA261), Aug 8, 2008: Cessna 172S (N15963), Incline Village, NV, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to initiate a flight for which he was neither approved nor qualified and his failure to maintain terrain clearance during the flight. Contributing to the accident were the dark…

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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