# Accident 20120527011071A: Cessna 172S, Page, AZ, May 27, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2012, 09:00 local time
- Place: Page, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9222° N, 111.4422° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9222&lon=-111.4422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21718, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21718) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 158 total, 158 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA232) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120527011071A

## Narrative

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

I APPROACHED STRAIGHT-IN RUNWAY 33 WITH 65 KNOTS INDICATED SPEED. OTHER AIRPLANE WAS ON DOWNWIND. IWAS CRABBING (NOT SIDE SLIPPING), THEN TRIED TO CO RRECT YAW ON SHORT FINAL. JUST BEFORE ROUND OUT, I DIDPOWER IDLE. THEN I ROUNDED OUT OVER NUMBER 33. THEN I PULLED BACK ON TLJE YOKE TO FLARE 2-3 TIMES. THELEH TIRE TOUCHED DOWN FIRST, THEN THE RIGHT, AND THEN THE FRONT. AHER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE WAS GOINGLEH FROM CENTERLINE. 1 THINK I WAS A LITTLE SIDELOADED. SO I ASKED TO SIC "WHY IS IT GOING LEFT?" HE TOOKCONTROLS WHILE THE AIRPLANE WAS HALFWAY BETWEEN THE CENTERLINE AND RUNWAY EDGE AND YELLED "GOAROUND!" THEN THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND WAS AT A FAST SPEED OVER THE GRASS. THENTHE LEH WING OF OUR AIRPLANE HIT THE TAIL OF THE SEMINOLE WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP. OUR AIRPLANEWAS SPUN 180 DEGREES, THEN STOPPED AS IT SCRATCHED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD OF THE CESSNA 182 WHICH WASALSO PARKED ON THE RAMP. JUST BEFORE IMPACTING T HE SEMINOLE, SIC PULLED MIXTURE TO IDLE CUTOFF. I DID NOTHAVE THE CONTROLS AFTER IT WAS TAKEN BY THE SIC.

## 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 WPR12CA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA232), May 27, 2012: Cessna 172S (N21718), Page, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing flare.

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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