# Accident 20090912049389A: Cessna 172S, Park Rapids, MN, September 12, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2009, 23:13 local time
- Place: Park Rapids, MN
- Airport: Park Rapids Municipal-Konshok Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 46.9006° N, 95.0731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9006&lon=-95.0731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N523ND, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N523ND-2010-06-16) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 112 total, 112 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA579](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA579) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090912049389A

## Narrative

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

ON 09/12/2009 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED KGFK AT 7:50 PM FLYING N523ND A CE-172S ON A NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO KBDE PERFORMED A STOP AND GO AROUND 8:15 PM THEN DEPARTED TO KPKD.  AT AROUND 10:20 PM KPKD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID A GO AROUND ON HIS FIRST LANDING BECAUSE HE WAS HIGH.  ON SECOND LANDING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED A STOP AND GO TOUCHING DOWN AFTER THE 4TH RUNWAY STRIPE.  AFTER STOPING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SET THE FLAPS TO 10 DEGREES AND PERFORMED THE TAKEOFF.  ABOUT 100 FEET ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BROUGHT THE FLAPS TO 0 DEGREES.  AT THAT TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTICED HIS SPEED WAS AROUND 70 KNOTS AND HE PITCHED THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE DOWN TO GAIN SPEED AND CONTACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 100 FEET OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 31 AT KPKD.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^SAID AFTER HE HIT THE GROUND EVERYTHING HAPPENED VERY FAST AND HE DID NOT REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.  FROM MARKS IN THE GRASS AT THE END OF RUNWAY 31 ABOUT 100 FEET OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE GRASS AND WENT BACK INTO THE AIR AGAIN.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND THE SECOND TIME THERE WERE 8 SCARS ON THE GROUND WERE THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.  THEN THE AIRPLANE WENT AIRBORNE AGAIN AND THEN THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE GROUND FOR THE THIRD TIME AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND, THEN THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANES NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS TIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE ABOUT 150 FEET OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 31.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. WHEN THE PILOT FIRST BOUNCED HE HIT HIS HEAD ON SOMETHING AND ON THE LAST CONTACT WITH THE GROUND THE AMSAFE SEAT BELT AIRBAG WENT OFF ON THE PILOT SIDE.  THE UNOCCUPIED RIGHT SEAT BELT AIRBAG DID NOT GO OFF.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THE AIRBAG WORKED WELL.  THE PILOT HAD MINOR INJURY OF A CUT ABOVE HIS EYE AND WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL WITH STICHES LATER IN THE DAY.  ALL AIRCRAFT CONTROLS MOVED IN THE PROPER DIRECTIONS BUT WERE BOUNDED BECAUSE THE ENGINE COMPRESSED THE FIRE WALL INTO THE AIRCRAFT CONTROLS AFTER THE FINAL IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.MR. LI YANG SURRENDERED HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE RATHER THAN TAKE A 44709.

## 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 CEN09LA579](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA579), Sep 13, 2009: Cessna 172S (N523ND), Park Rapids, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper climb rate during a night takeoff.

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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