# Accident 20260104000649A: Cessna 172N, Provincetown, MA, January 4, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2026, 15:04 local time
- Place: Provincetown, MA
- Airport: Provincetown Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0711° N, 70.2239° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0711&lon=-70.2239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9360E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9360E-2026-07-22) (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 0-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 680 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26FA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260104000649A

## Narrative

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

SUMMARY OF THE EVENT: THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED TAUNTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KTAN) AND FLEW TOWARD PROVINCETOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KPVC). THE PILOT WAS ADVISED BY AIRPORT EMPLOYEES VIA THE COMMON TRAFFIC ADVISORY FREQUENCY (CTAF) THAT KPVC WAS CLOSED FOR SNOW REMOVAL BUT WOULD REOPEN SHORTLY. THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED AND BEGAN MANEUVERING, HEADING BACK TO THE WEST.  ADS-B DATA SHOWED THE PLANE THEN FLEW TOWARD MARSHFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KGHG), WHERE DATA WAS BRIEFLY LOST DURING AN APPROACH BEFORE RESUMING AS THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED AWAY.

THE AIRPLANE THEN HEADED BACK TOWARD KPVC, WITH THE PILOT COMMUNICATING AN INBOUND STATUS FOR RUNWAY 25, ENTERING THE RIGHT DOWNWIND. NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WERE RECEIVED. ADS-B DATA WAS LOST ON THE FINAL APPROACH, ABOUT 600 FEET PRIOR TO THE THRESHOLD INDICATING 0 FEET ALTITUDE AND 63 KNOT GROUND SPEED. OVER THE RUNWAY, ABOUT 1500 FEET PAST THE RUNWAY 25 THRESHOLD ADS-B DATA WAS RECEIVED AGAIN WITH THE ALTITUDE FLUCTUATING UP TO 75 FEET AND GROUND SPEED OF 80KNOTS. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO (1) CAPTURED THE AIRCRAFT CROSSING THE RUNWAY 25 THRESHOLD AT APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET AND APPARENTLY FAST, DRIFTING UP TO ABOUT 40-50 FEET OF ALTITUDE AS IT EXITED THE VIEW ABOUT 300-400 FEET PAST THE THRESHOLD. ANOTHER SURVEILLANCE VIDEO (2) SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDING DOWN THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT 50-75 FEET, WHERE BEYOND THE ½ POINT OF THE RUNWAY IT DESCENDED STEEPLY IMPACTING THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCING. THIS WAS LITTLE MORE THAN 2,000 FEET PAST THE RUNWAY 25 THRESHOLD. IT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY A SECOND TIME, ABOUT 500 FEET PAST THE FIRST IMPACT, BEFORE SLIDING TO A STOP. SMOKE CAN THEN BE SEEN A FEW SECONDS LATER. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT ITSELF, BUT SMOKE WAS NOTICED BY AN AIRPORT EMPLOYEE, NEARBY PARK RANGER AND OTHERS IN THE AREA.

## 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 ERA26FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26FA084), Jan 4, 2026: Cessna 172 (N9360E), Provincetown, MA, substantial damage, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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