N5259K
Cessna 172P · built 1980
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on December 16, 1971.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- July 11, 1987Accident
DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE AIRPORT, THE PILOT MADE A GO AROUND BECAUSE HE WAS TOO HIGH. ON THE SECOND APPROACH, THE PILOT NOTED THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE HIGH AND FAST. DURING THE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THREE TIMES BEFORE THE PILOT ADDED POWER TO GO AROUND. THE PILOT TOOK OFF AND DECIDED TO LAND AT ANOTHER AIRPORT.
- August 14, 1985Accident
DURING A LOCAL PERSONAL FLT, THE PLT SAID THE 'ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH A SHAKE VIOLENTLY.' WITH NOT ENOUGH POWER TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD, HOWEVER, OVERRAN THE FIELD AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND COLLIDED WITH GROUND OBSTRUCTIONS IN A VINEYARD.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1980 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N5259K.
- October 4, 1971Accident
Physical Impairment; Spatial Disorientation; Alcoholic Impairment Of Efficiency And Judgment; Overload Failure. Factors: Separation In Flight; Low Ceiling; Fog
- July 23, 1967Accident
Misjudged Distance And Altitude
- August 31, 1965Accident
Improper Compensation For Wind Conditions