# Accident 20161228017799A: Cessna 172B, Prairie Du Sac, WI, December 28, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2016, 12:30 local time
- Place: Prairie Du Sac, WI
- Airport: Prairie Du Sac
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2978° N, 89.7558° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2978&lon=-89.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6941X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6941X-2017-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161228017799A

## Narrative

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

DECEMBER 28, 2016 A CESSNA CE-172B REGISTRATION NUMBER N6941X MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF US HIGHWAY 12 APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NORTH OF SAUK PRAIRIE AIRPORT(91C) IN PRAIRIE DU SAC WISCONSIN. PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT TRIED TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND STRUCK 3 ROAD SIGNS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE LOCAL SHERIFF CLOSED THE HIGHWAY AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED ONTO A TRAILER AND TAKEN TO 91C AND PLACED INTO A HANGAR. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS 21010KT  24DEGREES 10SM BKN130 OVC200.

## 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 CEN17LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA090), Dec 28, 2016: Cessna 172B (N6941X), Prairie Du Sac, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to taxi the airplane from the roadway and his subsequent failure to maintain clearance from signs and a fence after a successful emergency landing following a total loss of…

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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