# Accident 20120925025229A: Cessna 175A, Spearfish, SD, September 25, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2012, 18:00 local time
- Place: Spearfish, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4869° N, 104.0256° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4869&lon=-104.0256&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6979E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6979E-2018-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GO-300 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 995 total, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA658](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA658) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120925025229A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY AT 1800 MDT A CESSNA 175 EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES WEST OF SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SPEARFISH, SD ON 09/25/2012.

## 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 CEN12CA658](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA658), Sep 25, 2012: Cessna 175A (N6979E), Spearfish, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to abandon the landing attempt, which resulted in the airplane colliding with rising terrain.

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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