# Accident 20100117026309A: Cessna P172D, Cedar Rapids, IA, January 17, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2010, 19:55 local time
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Airport: Eastern Iowa Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8844° N, 91.7106° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8844&lon=-91.7106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8584X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8584X-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P172D (registry code 2072202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P172D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GO-300 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 840 total, 600 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100117026309A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS SINGLE ENGINE VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) RATED. THE PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM FLIGHT SERVICE AT 0830 LOCAL AND DEPARTED ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM TULSA OK (KRVS) FOR WASHINGTON IA (KAWG) AT 1609 LOCAL ON 01/17/2010. THE PILOT PLANNED TO STOP FOR FUEL IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA BUT DID NOT STOP DUE TO INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS (IMC) IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA.  THE PILOT CHOSE TO CONTINUE TO WASHINGTON, IOWA (KAWG) WITHOUT REFUELING.  THE PILOT DID NOT LAND IN WASHINGTON DUE TO INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS (IMC). THE PILOT INFORMED CEDAR RAPIDS (KCID) APPROACH CONTROL THAT HE WAS LOW ON FUEL AND WAS UNABLE TO REACH A VFR DESTINATION. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO THE ILS 27 APPROACH INTO CEDAR RAPIDS.  DURING THE APPROACH AT (CID) THE NON INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT DECENDED BELOW THE INSTRUMENT GLIDE PATH AND STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT.  THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING POWER AT IMPACT AND FUEL REMAINED IN THE TANKS. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND APPROXIMATLY 1 1/2 MILES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE (WIND 280 AT 10 KTS 100FT OVERCAST 1 1/4 MILE VISIBLITY TEMPERATURE -2 C DEWPIONT -2C AND MIST).

## 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 CEN10CA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA100), Jan 18, 2010: Cessna P172D (N8584X), Cedar Rapids, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his failure to maintain a proper glidepath during the approach. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of…

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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