# NTSB investigations: Cessna 172R: Nose over/nose down

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB GAA16CA442](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA442.md): Cessna 172 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 20, 2016 · N35408 · Substantial damage
  > The facility's designation of the taxiway for use by maintenance personnel to conduct high thrust tests without appropriate safeguards in place, which led to maintenance personnel conducting high-power, run-up thrust procedures across the active taxiway and…
- [NTSB GAA16CA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA114.md): Cessna 172 · Merritt Island, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 31, 2016 · N35079 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's improper flare which resulted in a porpoise, runway excursion, and nose over.
- [NTSB GAA15CA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA099.md): Cessna 172 - R · State College, PA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 28, 2015 · N2254U · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the approach to landing which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and a hard landing.
- [NTSB CEN12CA526](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA526.md): Cessna 172R · Leesville, LA · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 3, 2012 · N989BT · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to properly re-configure the airplane for a go-around, which resulted in a runway excursion when he decided to land on the remaining runway.
- [NTSB WPR11CA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA194.md): Cessna 172R · Othello, WA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 8, 2011 · N423ES · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional during the landing roll.
- [NTSB ANC11CA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11CA014.md): Cessna 172R · Montana Creek, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 5, 2011 · N447AF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to recognize that he was landing at the wrong airstrip on a snow-covered and unplowed runway, resulting in the airplane nosing over.
- [NTSB CEN11LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA069.md): Cessna 172R · Farmersburg, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 12, 2010 · N531HF · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB CEN10CA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA144.md): Cessna 172R · Newark, OH · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 5, 2010 · N391ES · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.
- [NTSB WPR10CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA098.md): Cessna 172R · Ramona, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 6, 2010 · N35414 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go landing.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072401')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '096' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence?model=2072401

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