# Accident 20141124022719A: Cessna 172M, Saipan Airport, CM, November 24, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2014, 08:17 local time
- Place: Saipan Airport, CM
- Airport: Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 15.1203° N, 145.7300° E: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=15.1203&lon=145.7300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12915, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12915-2025-11-29) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 77 total, 12 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15CA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15CA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141124022719A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON HER SECOND VFR SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, FLEW FROM GUAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PGUM) TO FRANCISCO C. ADA / SAIPAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PGSN).  SHE INTENDED TO CONDUCT A STOP AND GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 07. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON LANDING AND BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. THE STUDENT PILOT PUSHED THE YOKE FORWARD TO PUT THE NOSE DOWN AND RETURN TO THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY HARD WITH ITS NOSE WHEEL. THE STUDENT THEN ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A GO AROUND AND APPLIED POWER. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND ONTO THE GRASS.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS, UPRIGHT, CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AND FACING THE SOUTHWEST.

## 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 WPR15CA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15CA069), Nov 24, 2014: Cessna 172M (N12915), Obyan, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of airplane control during the landing flare in gusting wind conditions.

## Other reports on N12915 (1)

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

- [Incident 20141105022689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141105022689I), Nov 5, 2014: Cessna 172M (N12915), Agana, GU, No damage. Student pilot was performing solo touch and goes when he landed slightly left of centerline on runway 6R. After the student cleaned up the aircraft he applied…

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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