# NTSB investigations: Cessna 172M, IA

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 CEN22LA445](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA445.md): Cessna 172M · Monticello, IA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 28, 2022 · N5244R · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper approach airspeed and glidepath which resulted in a long landing and his inability to stop the airplane on available runway and the subsequent runway excursion.
- [NTSB CEN12LA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA408.md): Cessna 172M · Griswold, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 2012 · N73182 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during an attempted go-around, resulting in an aerodynamic stall.
- [NTSB CHI97LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA250.md): Cessna 172M · Keokuk, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 1997 · N13353 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a porpoise, failure (collapse) of the nose gear, and a subsequent nose over.
- [NTSB CHI91FA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91FA254.md): Cessna 172M · Ottumwa, IA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 1991 · N61568 · Destroyed
  > Improper IFR procedure by the pilot by not maintaining the proper minimum descent altitude (mda) until established on the ILS localizer and glidepath.
- [NTSB MKC90LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC90LA123.md): Cessna 172M · Winfield, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 10, 1990 · N73566 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to go-around was delayed and clearance of the power lines was not attained.
- [NTSB MKC85FCD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FCD02.md): Cessna 172 M · Emmetsburg, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Sep 8, 1985 · N20517 · Substantial damage
  > The acft crashed in a turkey farm field after losing alt during takeoff. A witness said the acft settled as though the plt was raising the flaps after takeoff. The acft lost alt in a rt turn, and landed 1 mile south of the arpt post acc investigation showed…
- [NTSB MKC85LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA063.md): Cessna 172M · Fort Madison, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 16, 1985 · N61868 · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that an inflight encounter with a gust of wind during landing resulted in a sharp loss of altitude and a bounced landing. Consequently a second gust on rollout followed by the plts loss of directional control resulted in the acft departing the…
- [NTSB MKC84LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA129.md): Cessna 172M · 5n 0lin, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 25, 1984 · N5010R · Substantial damage
  > While cruising at 3,000 ft MSL the eng ran rough. The flt noticed zero oil pressure. As he turned toward a bean field the eng failed. The acft collided with a ditch & nosed over. The eng was disassembled & an estimated 3-4 qts of oil were in the eng case. The…
- [NTSB MKC84LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA059.md): Cessna 172M · Elkader, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 8, 1984 · N73043 · Substantial damage
  > The acft nosed over during landing on a snow-covered rwy after striking a snow drift. The plt said he did not see any tracks in the snow covered rwy but since there was no NOTAM closing the arpt he went ahead with a soft field landing. He said the snow…
- [NTSB MKC81DCD30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCD30.md): Cessna 172M · Oxford, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 9, 1981 · N20029 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC79DCD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCD02.md): Cessna 172 · Williams, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 10, 1978 · N80310 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC78FCD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCD08.md): Cessna 172M · Lamoni, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Oct 21, 1977 · N21210 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC73FCD62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FCD62.md): Cessna 172 · Mason City, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 15, 1973 · N20648 · Substantial damage

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'IA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072418'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072418&state=IA

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