# Accident 20170403002269A: Cessna 172L, Twsip, WA, April 3, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2017, 21:30 local time
- Place: Twsip, WA
- Airport: Twisp Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.3494° N, 120.0911° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3494&lon=-120.0911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7547G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7547G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 190 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170403002269A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THE SHE WAS THE PIC ON THE DAY OF THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD FLOWN ON SATURDAY AND HAD REFUELED THAT AIRPLANE AFTER THAT FLIGHT. SHE SAID THE FLIGHT ON 04/03/2017 WAS A LOCAL FLIGHT TO TAKE UP A PASSENGER WHO WAS A NOT A PILOT. SHE STATED THE SHE FLEW UP THE VALLEY AND RETURNED FOR A LANDING. SHE OBSERVED THE WIND SOCK THAT INDICATED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 28. SHE STATED THE SHE LINED UP THE AIRPLANE FOR A LANDING AND SHE WAS ABOUT 50 FEET OVER THE RUNWAY WHEN A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE WING AND "STEERED" THE AIRPLANE OFF THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. SHE SAID SHE APPLIED FULL POWER AND LOWERED THE NOSE TO GO AROUND. SHE STATED SHE BELIEVED THE RIGHT WING CLIPPED THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. SHE SAID THAT IT WAS A "LITTLE BIT WINDY" BUT WASN'T ANYTHING THAT INTIMIDATED HER. SHE STATED THE SHE HAD CHECKED THE NOTAMS BUT DID NOT CALL TO GET A WEATHER BRIEFING. SHE STATED THAT A CFI HAD FLOWN WITH HER TO PROVIDE FLIGHT TRAINING TO COMPLETE A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE (60-70 HOURS). SHE STATED SHE HAD BEEN FLYING FOR OVER 40 YEARS TO COMPLETE THIS TRAINING. SHE STATED THAT 34 GALLONS OF AVGAS HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AIRPLANE AFTER THE ACCIDENT. SHE SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY MECHANICAL ISSUES ON 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 GAA17CA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA216), Apr 3, 2017: Cessna 172 (N7547G), Twisp, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain crosswind correction during landing, which resulted in the airplane cartwheeling.

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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