# Accident 20121202026269A: Cessna 172M, Rohester, MN, December 2, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2012, 18:33 local time
- Place: Rohester, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9189° N, 92.5256° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9189&lon=-92.5256&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9853Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9853Q-2014-03-12) (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 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 840 total, 133 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121202026269A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS FLYING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT WITH A PRIMARY STUDENT PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT (ON THIS LEG OF THE FLIGHT IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED THAT DUAL INSTRUCTION WAS BEING GIVEN).  AS THEY APPROACHED KRST, THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS: WINDS 140@12, 1/4SM R31/1000V1200 FG VV001 03/02 A2994.THE PILOT INITIALLY WAS GOING TO DIVERT TO KTOB, BUT WHEN THE WEATHER THERE WENT BELOW MINIMUMS, HE RECEIVED VECTORS FOR KAUM.  DURING HIS DIVERT TO KAUM, HE HEARD A CESSNA CITATION SUCCESSFULY COMPLETE THE APPROACH INTO KRST.  HE THEN ASKED FOR AND WAS CLEARED FOR THE ILS 13 KRST.THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY .70SM ON A 270 BEARING FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 13 AT KRST.THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A PLOWED CORN FIELD ON ITS RIGHT MAIN WHEEL AND RIGHT WINGTIP.  IT THEN CONTINUED A SHORT DISTANCE WHERE IT IMPACTED ON ITS NOSE, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP ONTO ITS BACK.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST ON ITS BACK, POINTED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT.THE PILOT, STUDENT PILOT, AND TWO PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE SIDE WINDOWS.  THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. PILOTS FLIGHT HOURS IN MAKE AND MODEL INFORMATION (BLOCK31) WAS NOT PROVIDED BY THE PILOT'S ATTORNEY. LEGAL COUNSEL ADVISED NOT PERSUING AT THIS TIME.

## 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 CEN13LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA088), Dec 3, 2012: Cessna 172M (N9853Q), Rochester, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s spatial disorientation during the instrument approach in night, instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the airplane descending below decision height and impacting terrain…

## Other reports on N9853Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20000323001759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000323001759I), Mar 23, 2000: Cessna 172M (N9853Q), Chatfield, MN, Minor damage. (-23) During flight instruction operation, the student pilot, dean collier, was landing on turf runway 9R of Flying A Airport at Chatfield MN. The aircraft was…
- [Incident 19851029064869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851029064869I), Oct 29, 1985: Cessna 172M (N9853Q), Rochester, MN, Minor damage. Applied carburetor heat and descended. Power would not increase. Landed in field. Probable carburetor icing.

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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