# Accident 20161029022409A: Cessna 172, Palmer, AK, October 29, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2016, 14:52 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Airport: Wasilla
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4822° N, 148.7739° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4822&lon=-148.7739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6353E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6353E-2019-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 120 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC17FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17FA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161029022409A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN AT A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WINGS LEVEL.  PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  AWAITING WITNESS STATEMENTS DESCRIBING CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING UP TO EVENT.

BASED ON WITNESS STATEMENTS ARE THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS.

THE PILOT WAS FLYING OVER KNIK RIVER VALLEY SOUTH OF FRIDAY CREEK. HIS FRIENDS AND BROTHER WERE 4 WHEELING IN THE AREA AND WERE WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT DID A FLYOVER , THEN CAME AROUND AND DID A TOUCH AND GO ON THE SANDBAR/RIVERBED SOUTH OF FRIDAY CREEK. AS THE PILOT GAINED ALTITUDE TO APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET HE ATTEMPTED A LEFT HAND BANK AND WAS CAUGHT BY A GUST OF WIND. THE GUST CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BANK TOO SHARPLY AND THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF 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 ANC17FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17FA003), Oct 29, 2016: Cessna 172 (N6353E), Palmer, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during a steep climbing turn following a touch-and-go landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at too low of an…

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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