# Accident 20170402008409A: Cessna 172N, Lagrangeville, NY, April 2, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2017, 13:30 local time
- Place: Lagrangeville, NY
- Airport: Sky Acres
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7108° N, 73.7406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7108&lon=-73.7406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734SN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734SN-2018-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170402008409A

## Narrative

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

FACTS: AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING DOWNWIND. PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN PROPER AIRSPEED AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  PILOT FAILED TO RECOVER FROM AN AIRCRAFT STALL.

TWO WITNESSES INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS WALLOWING ABOUT 50 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE AND LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT DIPPED. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN.

DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT: WINDSHIELD CRACKED/PARTIALLY MISSING. INNER TOP/BOTTOM OF WINGS BENT. INNER PORTION OF FLAPS BENT. WINGTIPS BENT. LEADING EDGE OF WINGS HAVE SMALL BENDS. VERTICAL STABILIZER BENT. AFT FUSELAGE BENT. PROPELLER INDICATES GROUND IMPACT. PROPELLER SPINNER INDICATES GROUND IMPACT (BENT). NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF.

## 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 GAA17CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA219), Apr 2, 2017: Cessna 172 (N734SN), Millbrook, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during landing with a crosswind, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and 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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