# Accident 20140321004659A: Cessna 172N, Marine City, MI, March 21, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2014, 11:15 local time
- Place: Marine City, MI
- Airport: Marine City Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7214° N, 82.5964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7214&lon=-82.5964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739RX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739RX-2016-04-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 88 total, 86 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140321004659A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY HIT A SNOW BANK AND FLIPPED OVER ON AN ATTEMPTED LANDING RUNWAY 4 AT MARINE CITY AIRPORT (76G).

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS ON A DIRECT FLIGHT FROM 3CM TO 76G. HE STATED HE WAS MONITORING AWOS FROM HYX, D95 AND KPHN. HE STATED NEARING 76G HE CHECKED KPHN AND FOUND THAT THE WINDS HAD SWITCHED TO 070 AT 7KTS. HE KNEW FROM LIVING IN THE AREA THAT THE WEATHER AT 76G MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS AT KPHN SO HE CHANGED FROM A PLANNED APPROACH FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 22 TO AN OVER FLIGHT TO CHECK THE WINDSOCK AT 76G. HE STATED HE OVERFLEW 76G AT 21OO' ON A EASTERLY HEADING AND SAW THE THAT THE WINDSOCK WAS SHOWING A DIRECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 070-090, MOVING BACK AND FORTH, FILLED UP BUT NOT STRAIGHT OUT. HE THEN DESCENDED TO PATTERN ALTITUDE, MADE 2 LEFT TURNS TO GO CROSSWIND, THEN DOWNWIND FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 4. HE STATED THERE WAS NO OTHER TRAFFIC PRESENT. HE SAID THE DOWNWIND BASE AND FINAL WERE UNEVENTFUL, AND THAT HE HAD TO CRAB RIGHT TO MAINTAIN CENTERLINE AS HE APPROACHED THE THRESHOLD. HE SAID HE CROSSED THE THRESHOLD ON CENTERLINE, AND THEN ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE AT THE TREE LINE AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT FELT LIKE IT DESCENDED RAPIDLY INTO GROUND AFFECT.  HE THEN STATED AS HE LEVELED THE WINGS TO COUNTER THE TURBULENCE THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE. HE SAID HE WAS LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE BUT OVER THE PAVEMENT WHEN HE REALIZED HE FLARED TO HIGH AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, AND WHEN HE WAS IN THE AIR THE PLANE DRIFTED FURTHER LEFT. HE STATED THAT HE SIMULTANEOUSLY  APPLIED POWER FOR A GO AROUND AS THE PLANE BOUNCED A SECOND TIME AND THAT AS HE WAS DOING THIS THE AIRPLANES LEFT MAIN WHEEL STRUCK THE SNOW BANK ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY WENT NOSE DOWN, STOPPED AND INVERTED.

THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN14CA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA186), Mar 21, 2014: Cessna 172N (N739RX), Marine City, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N739RX (1)

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

- [Incident 19820104005309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820104005309I), Jan 4, 1982: Cessna 172N (N739RX), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. Blown up on nose and wingtip turning onto runway for takeoff. Wind exceeded safe operation.

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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