# Accident 20120128001669A: Cessna 172L, Grand Isle, VT, January 28, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2012, 10:45 local time
- Place: Grand Isle, VT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7544° N, 73.2739° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7544&lon=-73.2739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N811P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N811P-2012-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120128001669A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE OVER FLEW THE GRASS FIELD TO CHECK IT OUT PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING LANDING.  PILOT STATED HE LANDED IN THE FIRST 500 FEET OF THE 1700 FOOT PRIVATE GRASS FIELD.  PILOT STATED BRAKING WAS NIL AND AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING TREES AND SUBSTANIALY DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT.  SNOW AND ICE HAD MELTED BENEATH THE GRASS AND FROZED ABOVE THE GROUND BUT BELOW THE GRASS LINE.

## 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 ERA12CA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA162), Jan 28, 2012: Cessna 172L (N811P), Grand Isle, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to stop the airplane on a grass runway with undetected ice.

## Other reports on N811P (1)

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

- [Accident 20011016029459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011016029459A), Oct 16, 2001: Cessna 172L (N811P), North Hampton, MA, No damage. (.19) On October 16, 2001, about 2030 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172L, N811P, was substantially damaged while landing at the northampton airport (7B2),…

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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