# Accident 20120629011949A: Cessna 172M, Griswold, IA, June 29, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2012, 20:30 local time
- Place: Griswold, IA
- Airport: Private Farm Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2343° N, 95.1394° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Griswold, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2343&lon=-95.1394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73182, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73182-2014-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120629011949A

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO A WITNESS,  THE PILOT AND A PILOT-RATED PASSENGER HAD BEEN PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND THAT THEY INTENDED TO MAKE A FULL STOP LANDING TO PICK UP ANOTHER PASSENGER AND DEPART FOR HOME.   THE WITNESS STATED THAT THERE WAS A SLIGHT TAIL WIND (APPROXIMATELY 5 KTS).  THE WITNESS STATED THAT THE PILOT LANDED LONG AND FAST ON THE APPROXIMATELY 960 YARD  (2900') IN LENGTH GRASS STRIP.  THE WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO GET "SQUIRRELY" AND THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND TOOK OFF AGAIN.  THE WITNESS STATED THAT THE PILOT DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF RUNWAY LEFT AND CLIMBED AGGRESSIVELY ONCE HE BECAME AIRBOURNE.  THE WITNESS STATED THAT THE PILOT MADE AN AGGRESSIVE LEFT TURN AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SPEED FOR SUCH AN AGGRESSIVE MANEUVER.  THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED.  EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A SOYBEAN FIELD ADJACENT TO THE GRASS STRIP IN A NOSE LOW, RIGHT WING SLIGHTLY LOW ATTITUDE, FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN AND (ACCORDING TO A COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AND GROUND SCARRING) SLID 50 FEET TO WHERE IT CAME TO REST. THAT SPOT IS APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS TO THE WEST OF THE GRASS STRIP.  THE WITNESS STATED THAT THE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS RUNNING NORMALLY. ANOTHER WITNESS STATED THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN "SOME SORT OF GAME" GOING ON IN THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT.  THE PILOT-RATED PASSENGER IN THE AIRCRAFT REFUSED TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE ADVICE OF HIS ATTORNEY.

## 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

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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