Cessna 172
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Accident 20171209022929ACessna 172 · Algona, IAOn December 9th, 2017 aircraft departed Algona airport on a training flight with the pilot an CFI. During climb out at approximitely 1800 ft the engine quit. The student pilot gave control of the aircraft to the flight instructor. The instructor attepted to…Accident 20170910011269ACessna 172 · Coolin, IDPilot attempted take off on runway 33. Pilot stated when aircraft was approximately 100' AGL, the aircraft stopped climbing and decended back towards the ground. Aircraft subsequently struck the ground comming to a rest approximated 150' north of departure…Accident 20170724015599ACessna 172 · Powell, WYThe flight instructor was conducting flight training when on short approach the student pilot froze on the controls resulting in the aircraft hitting the runway hard in a nose up left crab. The aircraft hit the tail on the runway then veered to the right…Accident 20170624009579ACessna 172 · Fulton, MOAircraft departed kftt for a local flight. During return to the airport, the engine lost power and the pilot made a forced landing into a pasture approximately 5.5 miles southwest of airport. The pilot was unable to stop the aircraft in the pasture and…Incident 20170608008239ICessna 172 · Springdale, AROn June 12, 2017 about 15:15 central time, a Cessna 172, registered as N8880, serial number 28459 at (asg) after touch down the aircraft veered to the right, causing the left wing to strike the ground. At this time the side load caused the left main gear to…Accident 20170418003529ACessna 172 · Euharlee, GAFrom the evidence observed at the scene the aircraft attempting to perform an emergency landing in a rural area impacted a telephone pole mid left wing and landed on it's left side facing the opposite direction. Noted that there were no evidence of fuel…Accident 20170125001399ACessna 172 · Jay, OKOn 01/25/2017 this office was notified of an single fatality accident that had occurred near zena, OK. At approximately 1730 CST. The above aircraft with one person onboard departed a private sod airstrip approximately 1/2 mile west of the wreckage. Witnesses…Incident 20161130018899ICessna 172 · Springdale, AROn November 30, 2016 at 0920 CST, a Cessna 172, N8880, registered to [privacy data omitted], ground looped while on landing rollout of runway 18 and struck the left wing tip at Springdale municipal airport, Springdale, Arkansas, while on a cross country…Incident 20161116023809ICessna 172 · Grand Island, NEOn November 16, 2016 at approximately 15:28 central standard time (CST), during cruise flight, the engine quit operating, the PIC declared an emergency and landed on a gravel road. The incident occurred approximately 1 mile north of cairo, Nebraska. The…Accident 20161029022409ACessna 172 · Palmer, AKAircraft impacted terrain at a nose down attitude wings level. Pilot was fatally injured. Awaiting witness statements describing circumstances leading up to event. Based on witness statements are the following conclusions. The pilot was flying over knik river…Accident 20161008024649ACessna 172 · Argyle, NY[privacy data omitted] Pilot of N3943F. He stated that the purpose of the flight was his bfr. The CFI was [privacy data omitted]. As they approached Argyle Airport from the NE, the CFI initiated a simulated engine failure. [privacy data omitted] Believed that…Incident 20160815017519ICessna 172 · Perryville, MOAmended 2/13/2017 - corrected K02 Perryville MO. Airport information. The airport information was removed as the incident did not occur on an airport so the airport information should not have been listed. Amended 1/18/2017 - corrected spelling of airmans…Accident 20160717011201ACessna 172 · Emmitt, IDPilot reported another aircraft made a radio call that said that was close. Pilot said he did not hear or feel anything at the time. After landing pilot noticed damage to rudder that was not there before takeoff.Accident 20151127022319ACessna 172 · Manley Hotsprin, AKAirman attempted to take off on a groomed area of a frozen lake after walking the runway. While on the initial portion of the roll out, airman encountered an area of bad snow with lake overflow underneath. This pulled the aircraft to the left causing a…Accident 20151018018039ACessna 172 · Campobello, SCPilot departed on a local VFR flight and after 5 minutes into the flight the engine quit and a forced landing was initiated into a field and aircraft turned over inverted. Examination of the fuel system revealed that water was in the fuel.Accident 20150822014799ACessna 172 · Rivera Beach, FLOn August 22, 2015, at about 18:55 eastern daylight savings time, aircraft was traveling south on a 14 CFR 91 (aircraft was rented) flight was returning to palm Beach county park airport (klna) from palm Beach county glades airport (kphk) after circling…Accident 20150821013509ACessna 172 · Martinville, ILAircraft flew north at approximately 4 feet above ground level for 300 feet while touching the top of the bean plants in a bean field with his left and nose gear before suddenly impacting the ground at a 34 degree angle and ending upside down in the field 100…Accident 20150619010169ACessna 172 · Shreveport, LAAircraft impacted terrain after takeoff following a touch and go on RUNWAY23 at Shreveport downtown (kdtn).Accident 20141224023799ACessna 172 · Sutter Creek, CAOn December 24, 2014, around 12:35 pacific daylight time (PST), a Cessna 172, N8518B, was destroyed when it impacted terrain approximately one and a half miles northeast of westover field / amador county airport (jaq) in jackson, California. The private pilot…Accident 20140324009189ACessna 172 · Carlisle, PAPilot departed unknown airport (later identified as psf) enroute to clt (charlote, NC) at approximately 1800 local. Source of navigation unknown (pilot stated he used a hand held GPS but it was never found). After 4 hours enroute, pilot stated he started…Accident 20140322003059ACessna 172 · Mount Olive, NCGso FSDO received telephone call on 3/24/2014 at 09:40 from mike bass at Mount Olive airport concerning an accident involving Cessna 172 c, registration N8988B. Phone call was received by inspector jerry toms. Also talked to [privacy data…Accident 20131112023819ACessna 172 · Juneau, AKThe pilot attempted to land his Cessna 172 on a sandy beach in Iyoukeen Cove on the north east portion of chichagof island. As the pilot touched down, the aircraft slowed rapidly due to softer than expected sand, the nose wheel sank into the sand and the…Accident 20130930025449ACessna 172 · Rio Vista, TXOn September 30, 2013, at approximately 1300 central daylight time (CDT), a Cessna 172, N8878B, was involved in an accident after takeoff, during climb out on a personal 14 CFR part 91 flight. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at the time of…Accident 20130830016789ACessna 172 · Limington, MEAircraft crashed on departure adjacent to runway 28 under unknown circumstances. One witness observed the aircraft run up then take-off and started going all over the place, spun and crashed. Other witnesses reported hearing and seeing the aircraft start down…Accident 20130817015099ACessna 172 · Kankakee, ILPilot was practicing night stop and go landings on runway 4 at greater Kankakee airport. As he was rotating on takeoff, a deer ran in front of the airplane. The propeller decapitated the deer. The body impacted the right side of the airplane. The head…Accident 20130401005329ACessna 172 · Union Center, WIOn April 1, 2013, at 1235 CDT, Cessna 172, N8033B, registered to [privacy data omitted] lost power on climb 0UT, collieded with trees and ended up in a flooded back water area after departure from Three Castles Airpark, wonewoc, Wisconsin after making a…Accident 20130316003579ACessna 172 · Kremmling, COOn 03/16/13 at approx 1210 lcc N7407A sustained substantial damage upon landing at kremling, CO (20V) airport. 1 sole on board no injuries. Day VFR conditions prevailed.Accident 20130216011429ACessna 172 · Akron, COOn 02/16/2013 at approximately 1802 hrs. MST, N6199E a Cessna model 172 aircraft was substantially damaged while landing at Akron (kako) airport, CO. There were minor injuries to the two occupants on board. Weather at the time was visual meteorological…Incident 20130112000209ICessna 172 · San Angelo, TXOn January 12, 2013, at approximately 10:30 CST, the pilot and two passengers departed on runway 36, at San Angelo Regional Airport (sjt), in a Cessna 172, regisration number N5956A. Immediately after takeoff the engine began to lose power and the RPM was…Incident 20121230027149ICessna 172 · Greenville, ILAircraft landed on the road.Incident 20120805016279ICessna 172 · Elkhart, IAOn a flight from spirit lake, Iowa to ankeny, Iowa which included a stop at spencer, Iowa the aircraft experienced fuel exhaustion. The pilot made a successful off airport landing in a bean field.Accident 20120728016689ACessna 172 · Grand Canyon, AZSingle engine, land aircraft approached kgcn airport and reported to tower 10 miles out to the south. As per tower's request pilot called in again as he entered a left downwind for rwy 21. After tower gave clearance to land the pilot stayed higher than normal…Accident 20120623012719ACessna 172 · Veneta, OR6/23/2012 - At approximately 1515 (PDT), CE-172, s/n: 28381, N5781A, departed Crow-Mag airstrip (33OR -private) in Veneta, OR. With the pilot (roch d'auzon) and three passengers (robyn l. weir, christopher r. kent, erin t.f. noble). Ground witnesses report…Accident 20120616013169ACessna 172 · Skwentna, AKThis was a pleasure part 91 flight. There was one passenger. The pilot was flying to a Cessna 170 club event at eight mile gravel strip, located 8 miles south of Skwentna, Alaska. This is an off-airport strip. The pilot reported touching down on runway and…Incident 20120525011179ICessna 172 · Dillingham, AKOn the evening of may 25 pilot went for a pleasure flight with 1 passenger. Opened a flight plan with Dillingham flight service. While flying pilot decided to go down to cape constantine and amended flight plan to reflect that. Pilot did several uneventful…Incident 20120508006759ICessna 172 · Idaho Falls, IDOn may 8, 2012, when entering the pattern at Idaho Falls Regional Airport, the pilot noticed the engine started losing power. After attempting to increase the power, he heard a loud bang, followed by a lot of smoke. The pilot observed the oil pressure was…Accident 20120403010939ACessna 172 · Johnson Valley, CAThe aircraft would not start on battery power. The pilot chose to start the aircraft by hand propping with the passenger holding the brakes. The aircraft started, accelerated, traveled crossed the e-w runway approximately 230 feet, went through a low hedgerow…Accident 20110608016239ACessna 172 · Valatie, NYThis office investigated the accident of N8895B, a cesena skyhawk 172, that occurred on 06/08/2011 at approximately 1755 local EDT.upon arrival at the scene we found the plane in an upright position, but submerged in a pond off the end of runway 01 at Kline…Accident 20110427007999ACessna 172 · Mesa, AZ34 Hour student pilot was practicing touch and go's and on roll out began dragging right wing tip. After multiple prop strikes, the aircraft nosed over on its back. There was an 8 knot cross wind from the left. Counseled airman.Incident 20110423007089ICessna 172 · Woodland, CAAircraft was departing the Woodland watts airport (O41). Pilot reported his engine began to run rough. Pilot made a 180 degree turn to return to airport. When pilot saw smoke coming from the engine, he shut the engine down. The pilot made a successful off…Accident 20110416005639ACessna 172 · Greenville, TXMr. Jw parker departed grand prairie, Texas (gpm) on a VFR flight to a Private airstrip located approximately 10 nne of Greenville, Texas in his personal Cessna C-172, N6933A. While on approach to runway 36, Mr. Parker failed to properly maintain airspeed for…Accident 20110331004369ACessna 172 · Republic, WAStudent pilot robert lievense was practicing takeoffs and landings at the Ferry County Airport. He lost control on tochdown and the aircraft departed the runway. The aircraft sustained damage to the left wing and collapsed the nose gear.Accident 20110213001869ACessna 172 · Lancaster, CAWhile performing a short field landing the student retarded the throttle suddenly and they experienced a hard landing. The flight instructor did not react quickly enough to prevent the hard landing. The damage consisted of bending and missing rivets in the…Accident 20110131002409ACessna 172 · Glendora, CAOn 1/31/2011, at 15:28 hours pacific standard time, a Cessna 172 crashed into the foothills of Glendora, CA. The airplane departed from Brackett Field in la verne, CA earlier that afternoon. According to the glendor police departments incident report, the…Accident 20101116051359ACessna 172 · Hobe Sound, FLAircraft N8306B with 1 person on board departed tail winds airport (FD15) enroute to craig municipal airport (kcrg). PIC had radio communications with west palm beach ATCT. Approximately 20 minutes into the flight the engine sustained a substantial loss of…Incident 20100613035809ICessna 172On 06-13-2010 at approximately 8:30 am during the landing rollout at Sulphur Creek Ranch the aircraft lost directional control. The aircraft swerved to the left and the nose gear went into a hole just off the left side of the runway. The nose gear collapsed…Accident 20100222027839ACessna 172 · Sparks, NVOn February 22, 2010 at approximately 10:20 am, N7499A experienced a mechanical interruption of the powerplant. Prior to departing dyer, Nevada the pilot stated he physically checked the fuel tanks and reported there were approximately 12 gallons per side for…Accident 20100130027349ACessna 172 · Pahrump, NVPilot and one passenger departed vgt at approximately 0715 hours for L61 (shoshone). Aircraft had full fuel load. Landed safely at shoshone (L61) after approximate 35 minute flight. Pilot and one passenger departed shoshone, L61, for return flight to north…Accident 20091121024139ACessna 172 · Yucca Valley, CAContact with the pilot has been by voice mail, because of his work location. He is not able to receive calls during the normal work hours. This report will be amended as soon as information becomes available. Amendment 02/12/2010 - gust of wind coming between…Accident 20090919025629ACessna 172 · SCAircraft crashed into lake russell near loundesville, SC. There were 2 people on board that sustained fatal injuries. The aircraft was destroyed.
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