# Accident 20210612006409A: Cessna 172M, Fields, OR, June 12, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2021, 10:00 local time
- Place: Fields, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2642° N, 118.6750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2642&lon=-118.6750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20406, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 338 total, 310 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA230) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210612006409A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED BURNS OREGON FOR A FLIGHT TO WINNAMUCA, NV. HE DECIDED TO LAND ON THE HIGHWAY OUTSIDE OF FIELDS, OR. HE HAD READ ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT IT. THE WINDS WERE CALM AND THE PILOT PERFORMED A LANDING ON THE HIGHWAY. IMMEDIATELY AT TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE HIGHWAY AND TRAVELED THROUGH THE BORROW PIT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THROUGH A BARBWIRE FENCE. JUST PAST THE FENCE THE AIRCRAFT A SMALL MOUND OF CONCRETE WITH THE NOSE WHEEL DAMAGING THE NOSE WHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED PAST THE MOUND AND THE NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO THE SOFT DIRT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. DURING THE SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION THE PILOT DID NOT KNOW WHICH DIRECTION HE WAS LANDING AND DID NOT KNOW WHICH WAY THE WIND WAS BLOWING.

## 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 WPR21LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA230), Jun 12, 2021: Cessna 172 (N20406), Fields, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing on a highway, which resulted in an impact with terrain and subsequent nose over.

## Other reports on N20406 (1)

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

- [Accident 20080503833559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080503833559A), May 3, 2008: Cessna 172M (N20406), Dixie, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) On Saturday 5/3/2008 at 6:00 a.m. PDT time, the pilot [privacy data omitted] was acting as pilot in command of Cessna 172M N20406. While departing Wilson…

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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