# Accident 20090517006949A: Cessna 172S, Flagstaff, AZ, May 17, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2009, 11:37 local time
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport: Flagstaff Pulliam
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BF8S
- Location: 35.1386° N, 111.6711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1386&lon=-111.6711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N541ER (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA266) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090517006949A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CERTIFICATE NUMBER GG-0594067, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON AN INITIAL SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO FLAGSTAFF, AZ, KFLG, DID LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH.  THE AIRCRAFT, A CESSNA 172, REGISTRATION NUMBER N541ER, TOUCHED DOWN SEVERAL HUNDERED FEET PAST THE 1000 FOOT TOUCH DOWN MARKS.  ONCE ON THE GROUND AND DECELERATING, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES A GUST OF WIND FORCED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT, EXITING THE RUNWAY AND ONTO THE ADJOINING TURF.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THAT AT THIS POINT HE REMAINED FOCUSED ON STOPPING THE AIRCRAFT'S FORWARD MOVEMENT AND DID NOT ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FORWARD STRIKING AN CARTHEN MOUND STOPPING IT AND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR09CA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA266), May 17, 2009: Cessna 172S (N541ER), Flagstaff, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusty wind conditions and failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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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