# Accident 20200120021769A: Cessna 172N, Sun River, OR, January 20, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2020, 13:45 local time
- Place: Sun River, OR
- Airport: Sun River
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8756° N, 121.4533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8756&lon=-121.4533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73707, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73707) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200120021769A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SET THE PLANE DOWN FOR LANDING ON CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 18 IN A SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION, PILOT ENCOUNTERED THIN ICE PATCHES, PILOT THEN VEERED TO THE EAST AS THE PLANE BEGAN TO TIP, PORT SIDE WING TIP CAUGHT THE BERM OF SNOW AT EDGE OF RUNWAY CAUSING THE PLANE TO BOTH SPIN 180 DEGREES AND FLIP OVER ONTO IT'S TOP.  PLANE ULTIMATELY CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN, FULLY OFF RUNWAY 18, IN THE SNOW.

## Other aircraft in the event

- NONE: no report for this aircraft in the release

## 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 WPR20CA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA071), Jan 20, 2020: Cessna 172 (N73707), Sun River, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll on a runway with icy patches, which resulted in impact with a snowbank and a subsequent nose-over.

## Other reports on N73707 (1)

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

- [Incident 19890225016459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890225016459I), Feb 25, 1989: Cessna 172M (N73707), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. Student used excessive braking during taxi. Departed taxiway and hit hole. Propeller struck ground stopping engine.

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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