# Accident 20090119012479A: Cessna 172I, Rockford, IL, January 19, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2009, 16:45 local time
- Place: Rockford, IL
- Airport: Cottonwood
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2917° N, 89.1361° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2917&lon=-89.1361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35571, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35571-2023-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172I (registry code 2072426, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172I
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 225 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090119012479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. JOHN YOUNG DEPARTED FROM SOUTHERN WISCONSIN REGIONAL AIRPORT, JANESVILLE, WI (JVL) ON JANUARY 19, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1545 CST.  MR. YOUNG STATED AFTER DEPARTURE THE WEATHER BEGAN TO DETERIORATE AND THUS HE MADE THE DECISION TO LAND AT COTTONWOOD AIRPORT.  COTTONWOOD AIRPORT IS A PRIVATE AIRPORT THAT UTILIZES AN ALL TURF 18/36 RUNWAY.  MR. YOUNG STATED HE MADE A LOW APPROACH TO CHECK THE CONDITIONS OF THE RUNWAY AND THEN MADE THE DECISION TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18.  AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE RUNWAY WAS COMPLETELY SNOW COVERED AND THE AIRPORT WAS CLOSED.  MR. YOUNG STATED UPON TOUCHDOWN THE "PLANE TORQUED TO THE LEFT AND PULLED INTO A LOW LYING SNOW BANK COVERED BY DRIFTING SNOW THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE USABLE RUNWAY".  AS A RESULT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, HOWEVER THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 CEN09CA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA139), Jan 19, 2009: Cessna 172I (N35571), Rockford, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain directional control during the landing roll after contacting a low-lying snow bank that was obscured by drifting snow.

## Other reports on N35571 (3)

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

- [Accident 20220422005709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220422005709A), Apr 22, 2022: Cessna 172I (N35571), Westminster, MD, Substantial damage. The pilot was a student pilot on solo flight in the pattern. He stated that he thought he would land within the first 1/3 of the runway with suffencient room…
- [Accident 20120119000619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120119000619A), Jan 19, 2012: Cessna 172I (N35571), Springfield, TN, Substantial damage. Description: aircraft was on the second leg of a cross country flight. The accident happened between dnv and jwn along a fifteen mile final in day VMC.…
- [Accident 19760411008519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760411008519A), Apr 11, 1976: Cessna 172I (N35571), Ransom, IL, Substantial damage. Acft t/d in plowed area abt 170FT short of rwy. Wind gusting 30K.

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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