20240226001469A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172I · Clarion, IA · February 26, 2024

Date
February 26, 2024 · 15:42 local
Place
Clarion, IA
Airport
Clarion Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N35719
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN24LA123
Reported as
Cessna 172I
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
102 total6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Private pilot departed kcbf in rental aircraft for flight to kcav. Upon arrival AWOS was indicating wind gusts in excess of 30KTS. Pilot attempted to line up for landing on rwy. 32 winds caused pilot to break off initial approach and continue on an upwind leg for subsequent attempts. On final attempt aircraft touched down right of the runway 32 center line tire marks on runway show right main and nose gear made contact prior to the aircraft departing the runway to the right with the right wingtip in contact with the ground shearing a runway edge light. Aircraft continued through grass to the right of the runway became airborne momentarily before coming to rest inverted in a bean field approximately 100YDS east of the runway edge. The nose gear was separated from the airframe with damage to the prop, firewall, fuselage, left and right wings, ailerons, flaps.

As the FAA filed it

PRIVATE PILOT DEPARTED KCBF IN RENTAL AIRCRAFT FOR FLIGHT TO KCAV.UPON ARRIVAL AWOS WAS INDICATING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30KTS. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LINE UP FOR LANDING ON RWY. 32 WINDS CAUSED PILOT TO BREAK OFF INITIAL APPROACH AND CONTINUE ON AN UPWIND LEG FOR SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS. ON FINAL ATTEMPT AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY 32 CENTER LINE TIRE MARKS ON RUNWAY SHOW RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR MADE CONTACT PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTING THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT WITH THE RIGHT WINGTIP IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND SHEARING A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THROUGH GRASS TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY BECAME AIRBORNE MOMENTARILY BEFORE COMING TO REST INVERTED IN A BEAN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 100YDS EAST OF THE RUNWAY EDGE. THE NOSE GEAR WAS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRFRAME WITH DAMAGE TO THE PROP, FIREWALL, FUSELAGE, LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS, AILERONS, FLAPS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.