# Accident 20210406003709A: Cessna 172F, Fayetteville, NC, April 6, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2021, 16:00 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, NC
- Airport: Grays Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8937° N, 78.8435° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8937&lon=-78.8435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5424R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5424R-2021-09-30) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,007 total, 472 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210406003709A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG AND FAST; PILOT PUT NOSE DOWN AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVEMENT AND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS NOSE AND ENDED UPSIDE DOWN.

## 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 ERA21LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA176), Apr 6, 2021: Cessna 172F (N5424R), Fayetteville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent noseover.

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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