# Accident 20120608010479A: Cessna 172S, Bend, OR, June 8, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2012, 16:50 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Airport: Bend Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0944° N, 121.2003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0944&lon=-121.2003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N698SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N698SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 254 total, 106 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA251) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120608010479A

## Narrative

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

WHILE LANDING AT BEND MUNI AIRPORT (BND) RUNWAY 16, WINDS 220-12 KNOTS REPORTED, THE PILOT HAD TO SLIP AIRCRAFT WITH AILERON AND  RUDDER TO LAND ON CENTERLINE JUST PAST THE PAPI LIGHTS. WITH FULL FLAPS STILL SELECTED AT ABOUT 40 KNOTS AND 1500'- 1900' DOWN THE RUNWAY THE LEFT WING LIFTED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED HARD TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY WITH SKID MARKS SHOWING ALL THREE GEAR WERE SLIDING. ONCE ON DIRT AND INTO BRUSH THE PILOT WAS FACED WITH A DITCH WITH DRAIN PIPES. PILOT AVOIDED THE PIPES BUT WENT THROUGH THE DITCH. NOW HE WAS FACED WITH A TAXIWAY CONSTRUCTION SITE AND HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AHEAD OF HIM. HE WENT THROUGH THE DIRT BERMS ON BOTH SIDE OF FRESHLY GRADED TAXIWAY, EXITING THE BERMS HE WAS FACED WITH A LARGER BERM AND MORE HEAVY EQUIPMENT. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR ENTERED THE BERM FIRST AT A SLIGHT ANGLE WHICH PULLED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE BERM CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR, PROP AND COWLING TO CONTACT THE BERM. THE AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS IN THE BERM LIFTING THE TAIL AND THE AIRCRAFT FELL OVER ON ITS LEFT WING WHICH DAMAGED THE OUTER 2 FEET OF THE TIP AND LEADING EDGE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ALL THREE GEAR APPROXIMATELY 114 FEET WEST OF RUNWAY 16, STRADDLING THE BERM. PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED WITHOUT INJURY.

## 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 WPR12CA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA251), Jun 9, 2012: Cessna 172S (N698SP), Bend, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate crosswind correction, which resulted in a loss of airplane control and runway excursion into a berm.

## Other reports on N698SP (1)

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

- [Incident 20020124000249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020124000249I), Jan 24, 2002: Cessna 172S (N698SP), San Carlos, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was making a night landing at the San Carlos Airport, San Carlos, California (sql) at around 2030 hours, on January 24, 2002. It was reported by…

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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