# Accident 20090320003709A: Cessna 172A, Anchorage, AK, March 20, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2009, 14:05 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Campbell Airstrip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0236° N, 96.4003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0236&lon=-96.4003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7326T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7326T-2017-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 48 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090320003709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 03/20/2009, AT 1405 CST, A CESSNA C-172, N7326T, REGISTERED TO  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DESTROYED BY POST IMPACT FIRE AT CORSICANA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TEXAS, (KCRS).  VISUAL METEROROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WERE FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT, PILOTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A STUDENT PILOT ON AN LOCAL SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT, TOUCHED DOWN NOSE DOWN CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.  THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY SKIDDED AND CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED BY THE POST CRASH FIRE.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ANY INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CORSICANA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KCRS) AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 CST, ON MARCH 20, 2009.

## 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 CEN09CA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA226), Mar 20, 2009: Cessna 172A (N7326T), Corsicana, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare.

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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