NTSB investigations: Cessna 172M, IA

13 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Cessna 172M. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

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NTSB investigations: Cessna 172M, IA per year, 1973–2026: 13 cases
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duckdb -csv -c "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"

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NTSB CEN22LA445Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172M · Monticello, IAThe 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.Sep 28, 2022 · N5244R · Substantial damageNTSB CEN12LA408Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172M · Griswold, IAThe pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during an attempted go-around, resulting in an aerodynamic stall.Jul 1, 2012 · N73182 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI97LA250Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172M · Keokuk, IAthe 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.Aug 6, 1997 · N13353 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI91FA254Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 172M · Ottumwa, IAImproper IFR procedure by the pilot by not maintaining the proper minimum descent altitude (mda) until established on the ILS localizer and glidepath.Aug 6, 1991 · N61568 · DestroyedNTSB MKC90LA123Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172M · Winfield, IAThe pilot's decision to go-around was delayed and clearance of the power lines was not attained.Jun 10, 1990 · N73566 · Substantial damageNTSB MKC85FCD02Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportCessna 172 M · Emmetsburg, IAThe 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…Sep 8, 1985 · N20517 · Substantial damageNTSB MKC85LA063Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172M · Fort Madison, IAThe 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…Feb 16, 1985 · N61868 · Substantial damageNTSB MKC84LA129Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172M · 5n 0lin, IAWhile 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…Apr 25, 1984 · N5010R · Substantial damageNTSB MKC84LA059Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172M · Elkader, IAThe 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…Jan 8, 1984 · N73043 · Substantial damageNTSB MKC81DCD30Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172M · Oxford, IAAug 9, 1981 · N20029 · Substantial damageNTSB MKC79DCD02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Williams, IAOct 10, 1978 · N80310 · Substantial damageNTSB MKC78FCD08Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 172M · Lamoni, IAOct 21, 1977 · N21210 · Substantial damageNTSB MKC73FCD62Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Mason City, IAMay 15, 1973 · N20648 · Substantial damage