# Accident 20150819013549A: Cessna 172N, Kalispell, MT, August 19, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2015, 11:32 local time
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Airport: Kalispell City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1786° N, 114.3036° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1786&lon=-114.3036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733NH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733NH-2015-11-09) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,412 total, 1,412 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150819013549A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 19, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1132 MST, A CESSNA CE-172N, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FRONT LANDING GEAR, RIGHT AND LEFT WING TIPS, FIREWALL AND PROPELLER, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER DURING TOUCHDOWN AT KALISPELL CITY AIRPORT (S27) MONTANA WHILE ON A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER ON BOARD WERE UN INJURED.

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT S27 @ 1030 AM MST WITH S27 AS DESTINATION.

## 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 GAA15CA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA235), Aug 19, 2015: Cessna 172N (N733NH), Kalispell, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control, which resulted in a runway excursion, and collision with runway and taxiway lights and 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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