# Accident 20170116000109A: Cessna 525, Howell, MI, January 16, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2017, 12:00 local time
- Place: Howell, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6272° N, 83.9736° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6272&lon=-83.9736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525PZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N525PZ-2017-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 525C (registry code 2076628, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-525c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Williams FJ44-4A (registry code 66011, https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj44-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525
- Reported engine: WILLIAMS FJ44-1AP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 310 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170116000109A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED "I TOUCHED DOWN JUST BEFORE THE 1000? MARKS, LETS CALL IT 800? FROM THE BEGINNING OF 13. IT WAS ABOUT 300? LATER I HAD THE SPEED BRAKES AND SPOILERS OUT AND THE NOSE WHEEL DOWN AND INITIATED BRAKING. IT PROBABLY WAS AT ABOUT THE 2000? MARKER THAT I HAD THE SPEED BRAKES AND SPOILERS RETRACTED AND THE FLAPS RETRACTED AND STARTED APPLYING TAKEOFF POWER. BY TAXIWAY A3 I KNEW I WAS IN TROUBLE, HAD THE POWER OUT AND TRIED TO GET THE PLANE BACK UNDER CONTROL."

OBSERVATIONS FROM SEVERAL WITNESSES WERE THAT APPROXIMATLEY 1 HOUR PRIOR TO ACCIDENT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE MOVED INTO THE AREA AND WAS COATING EVERYTHING WITH ICE.

## 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 CEN17LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA078), Jan 16, 2017: Textron 525C (N525PZ), Howell, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's attempted landing on the ice-covered runway, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was airport personnel's lack of training regarding…

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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