# Accident 20171207022819A: Cessna 172D, Auburn, WA, December 7, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2017, 16:00 local time
- Place: Auburn, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3300° N, 122.2275° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3300&lon=-122.2275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2351U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2351U-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 911 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171207022819A

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO RNWY 16, NOSE OF AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY TO LEFT. THE PIC CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER.  AT THAT TIME THE PIC ALSO NOTED HE HAD ZERO AILERON CONTROL AND TRIED TO STABILIZE THE AIRCRAFT WITH RUDDER INPUTS.  THE AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE LEFT TWO MORE TIMES OVER THE THRESHOLD SO HE TRIED TO ABORT THE LANDING.  WHILE APPLYING POWER THE LACK  OF AILERON CONTROL WAS MORE PRONOUNCED SO HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT INSTEAD.  HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE CENTER LINE BUT WAS ORIENTED 45 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT.  HE APPLIED FULL FLAPS TO ADD DRAG, BUT HE WAS ALREADY IN THE GRASS AND CAME TO A STOP IN A DRAIN POND WHICH WAS COVERED IN ANTI-BIRD NETTING.

## 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 WPR18LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA047), Dec 7, 2017: Cessna 172D (N2351U), Auburn, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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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