# Accident 20200226004269A: Cessna 172P, Everglades City, FL, February 26, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2020, 14:15 local time
- Place: Everglades City, FL
- Airport: Everglades Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.8492° N, 81.3906° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8492&lon=-81.3906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N291RP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N291RP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-D2J (registry code 41595, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d2j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D2J
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 7,497 total, 248 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200226004269A

## Narrative

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

ON 26FEB2020, AIRCRAFT REGISTERED AS N291RP PILOTED BY AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COMMERCIAL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LANDING AT EVERGLADES AIRPARK KX01 ON RUNWAY 15 WHEN A STRONG CROSSWIND CAUSED THE LEFT WING TIP OF AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE GROUND DURING LANDING PHASE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP, AILERON AND WING. PHOTOS REVEAL DAMAGE ALONG THE CHORD OF THE WING, LEADING EDGE AND TRAILING EDGE. THE LEFT TIP OF THE HORIZONTAL ELEVATOR ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY DURING THE CROSS WIND LANDING. THREE PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD ALONG WITH THE PILOT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE WIND AT X01 WAS REPORTED OUT OF HEADING 170, 5 KNOTS VARIABLE, 10 MILES VISIBILITY, SCATTERED RAIN CLOUDS.

## 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 ERA20CA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA114), Feb 26, 2020: Cessna 172 (N291RP), Everglades City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during the landing flare in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in the left wing striking the runway.

## Other reports on N291RP (1)

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

- [Accident 20240727010189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240727010189A), Jul 27, 2024: Cessna 172P (N291RP), Moultonborough, NH, Substantial damage. Dra event id: 877464, Moultonborough, NH (4MB): C172 landed runway 2 nose first causing the nose gear to Separate from the aircraft and then flip over. POB: 1,…

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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