# Accident 20160728011709A: Cessna 172E, Rexburg, ID, July 28, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2016, 17:45 local time
- Place: Rexburg, ID
- Airport: Rexburg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8339° N, 111.8050° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8339&lon=-111.8050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3677S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3677S-2019-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 75 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA403](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA403) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160728011709A

## Narrative

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

ON 7/28/16, THE PILOT, A STUDENT PILOT, TOOK OFF OUT OF REXBURG ID, ON A SOLO FLIGHT TO PRACTICE MANEUVERS TO PREPARE FOR HIS PRIVATE PILOT PRACTICAL TEST.  HE HAD BEEN IN THE AIR ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS WHEN HE CAME BACK TO REXBURG FOR LANDING.  HE RECEIVED THE CURRENT WEATHER FROM THE ASOS AT THE FIELD BUT IT DID NOT GIVE WIND DIRECTION.  HE LINED UP WITH 17 TO PRACTICE A SHORTFIELD LANDING.  HE WAS AIMING FOR HIS TOUCHDOWN POINT WHEN HE FELT A GUST OF WIND THAT BALOONED HIM AND HE DECIDED TO INITIATE A GO AROUND.  HE TURNED OFF THE CARB HEAT AND STARTED TO ADD POWER BUT THEN STARTED DRIFTING LEFT.  AS HE WAS DRIFTING TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, HE BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT HIS ALIGNMENT AND STARTED CONCENTRATING ON THE RUDDER WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND AND BOUNCED UPSIDEDOWN.  HE IS NOT SURE HE HAD ALL THE POWER IN AT THAT TIME.  THE LEFT TIRE WAS OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHEN HE HIT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER.  THE DENSITY ALTITUDE AT THE TIME WAS 7900FT ACCORDING TO THE ASOS.

## 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 GAA16CA403](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA403), Jul 28, 2016: Cessna 172 (N3677S), Rexburg, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to retract the flaps during a go-around in high density altitude conditions, resulting in the airplane's inability to climb and a subsequent collision with terrain and…

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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