# Accident 20190912013089A: Cessna 172F, Hemet, CA, September 12, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2019, 17:02 local time
- Place: Hemet, CA
- Airport: Hemet-Ryan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7278° N, 117.0306° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7278&lon=-117.0306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5229F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5229F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,497 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA544](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA544) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190912013089A

## Narrative

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

09/12/2019: A CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFT, N52295  INITIATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO THE HEMET AIRPORT (KHMT).  UPON LANDING IN A FIELD SOUTH WEST OF THE AIRPORT, THE NOSE GEAR DUG IN, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED ON ITS WINGS. TWO PERSONS ON BOARD WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT  SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA19CA544](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA544), Sep 12, 2019: Cessna 172F (N5229F), Hemet, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's improper decision to perform a precautionary landing on unsuitable terrain, which resulted in a noseover.

## Other reports on N5229F (2)

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

- [Incident 20180827012409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180827012409I), Aug 27, 2018: Cessna 172F (N5229F), Hemet, CA, No damage. During his third unsupervised flight, the pilot had taken off from Hemet-Ryan Airport (khmt) in aircraft N5229F, with the intentions of flying back to March…
- [Incident 19871018078859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871018078859I), Oct 18, 1987: Cessna 172F (N5229F), Loveland, CO. Flying at an unauthorized low altitude over homes and dropping objects from the aircraft.

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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