# Accident 20200116000059A: Cessna 172Q, Big Timber, MT, January 16, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2020, 20:45 local time
- Place: Big Timber, MT
- Airport: Big Timber
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8100° N, 109.9800° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8100&lon=-109.9800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96145, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96145-2020-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172Q (registry code 2072437, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172Q
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,157 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200116000059A

## Narrative

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

DURING GO-AROUND MANEUVER ON THE 024 END OF THE RUNWAY, CFI NOTICED A LACK OF POWER, LOW ENGINE RPM (2100) AND AIRSPEED DETERIORATING TO 70 KTS  WITH AN ASSOCIATED OSCILLATORY NOISE EMANATING FROM ENGINE WHICH GREW IN INTENSITY AS THEY PROCEEDED DOWN THE RUNWAY .  CFI TOOK CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT, VERIFIED INSTRUMENT, THROTTLE AND MIXTURE SETTINGS - FULL AND RICH.  CFI INITIATED A SHALLOW BANK LEFT-HAND TURN BUT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE DUE TO ERODING AIRSPEED.  WHILE STILL IN A LOW ANGLE BANK, THE LEFT WING-TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT MLG, NOSE GEAR, WHICH DISLODGED FROM THE AIRCRAFT,  RIGHT MLG, AND PROPELLER, WHICH ALSO SHEERED ONE BLADE THEN CONTINUED ON A PATH FOR APPROXIMATELY 118 YARDS PAST THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT.  THE PATH OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES SOUTH-EAST IN RELATIONSHIP TO RNWY HEADING 09, (120 MAGNETIC) AND APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS DISPLACED FROM THE CENTERLINE.

## 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 WPR20LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA068), Jan 17, 2020: Cessna 172Q (N96145), Big Timber, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during climbout for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N96145 (1)

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

- [Incident 19990227013399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990227013399I), Feb 27, 1999: Cessna STC172 (N96145), Billings, MT, Minor damage. After landing, Cessna 172 (N96145) was in process of taxing off taxiway a to parking area. Approx. 700FEET away, pan am B727 (N8861E) flt 367 cargo jet was…

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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