# Accident 20230903014719A: Cessna 172N, Eden Prairie, MN, September 3, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2023, 16:46 local time
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8281° N, 93.4563° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8281&lon=-93.4563&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5254D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5254D) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 311 total, 98 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA400) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230903014719A

## Narrative

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

2023-9-6/ PILOT STATED THAT HE PICKED UP ATIS ABOUT 13 MILES OUT WHICH WAS REPORTING WINDS AT 210/9. THE PILOT CONFIRMED THAT WITH FOREFLIGHT THE PILOT CONTINUED WITH THE APPROACH, JOINED THE PATTERN AND TURNED FINAL. ON FINAL FOR 28R HE ENCOUNTERED A LEFT CROSSWIND AND USED A SLIP, LEFT WING LOW AND RIGHT RUDDER TO HOLD CENTERLINE WITH MINIMAL INPUTS NEEDED, HE CROSSED THE THRESHOLD AND AT THE NUMBERS HE PULLED POWER TO IDLE STILL HOLDING THE CENTERLINE. HE BEGAN HIS ROUND OUT AND CONTINUED BACK PRESSURE SLOWING THE PLANE FURTHER AND WAITING FOR TOUCHDOWN. THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE PLANE WENT BACK UP INTO THE AIR FOR A SHORT DISTANCE, CAME DOWN CAUSING THE PROP TO STRIKE. THE PLANE EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS.

## 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 CEN23LA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA400), Sep 3, 2023: Cessna 172N (N5254D), Eden Prairie, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a landing with a left crosswind.

## Other reports on N5254D (1)

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

- [Incident 20020305005849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020305005849I), Mar 5, 2002: Cessna 172N (N5254D), College Station, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot lost directional control after landing and ran off runway, with minor aircraft damage and no personnel injuries.

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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