# Accident 20091026050659A: Cessna 172P, Bennington, VT, October 26, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2009, 19:00 local time
- Place: Bennington, VT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8711° N, 73.1802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bennington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8711&lon=-73.1802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55479, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55479-2012-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING N/A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 173 total, 44 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091026050659A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WEST MILFERY, NJ FOR A 2 HOUR LOCAL FLIGHT.  AIRCRAFT WAS VIEWED SHOOTING APPROACHES (APPROX 1830HRS) TO RUNWAY 13.  AFTER APPROXIMATLEY 4 APPROACHES, AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO WHIPSTICK HILL.  THE CRASH SIGHT WAS ABOUT 200 YARDS DOWNHILL FROM THE WHIPSTICK BEACON.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N55479 (2)

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

- [Incident 19970722027459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970722027459I), Jul 22, 1997: Cessna 172P (N55479), Syracuse, NY, Minor damage. Narrative: on 7/22/97 at 1545 EDT a Cessna 172 being operated by a private pilot damaged the propeller while landing at the Syracuse int'l airport in Syracuse,…
- [Incident 19940409012509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940409012509I), Apr 9, 1994: Cessna 172P (N55479), Syracuse, NY, Minor damage. Pilot had a propeller strike on 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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