# Accident 20180815014229A: Cessna 172C, Silver City, NM, August 15, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2018, 11:50 local time
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6325° N, 108.1542° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6325&lon=-108.1542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1543Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1543Y-2021-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA493](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA493) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180815014229A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 15, 2018, AT 1150 MDT, A CESSNA 172C, N1543Y, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED ON LANDING AT GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT (KSVC)AT SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO WHILE ON A PERSONAL STUDENT PILOT CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS

PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT

WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE STUDENT PILOT EXPERIENCED MINOR

INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SILVER CITY, NM, ON AUGUST 15, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 MDT.

## 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 GAA18CA493](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA493), Aug 15, 2018: Cessna 172 (N1543Y), Silver City, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing with a quartering tailwind.

## Other reports on N1543Y (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790802021739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790802021739A), Aug 2, 1979: Cessna 172 (N1543Y), Germansville, PA, Substantial damage. Pilot made go around due to blocked runway. Engine stopped. Crash landed in corn field. No engine defect.
- [Incident 19790407012699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790407012699I), Apr 7, 1979: Cessna 172 (N1543Y), Elkton, MD, 1 fatal. Jumper killed when she lost control of the ripcord handle. Waited too long to deploy reserve.
- [Incident 19780902016979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780902016979I), Sep 2, 1978: Cessna 172 (N1543Y), Chesapeake City, MD. Parachute failed to fully open, skydiver injured.

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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