Editing Cessna 172 (section)

==Accidents and incidents==
[[File:Cessna 172 D-ECJB of Mathias Rust.jpg|thumb|[[Mathias Rust]]'s Cessna F172P, used in his flight from Helsinki to Moscow, on display at the [[German Museum of Technology]], [[Berlin]]]]
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Every year there are hundreds of fatal accidents in light aircraft. While tragic, most are not notable in an encyclopedic context and should not be entered here unless they meet the criteria stated.
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* On February 13, 1964, [[Ken Hubbs]], second baseman for the [[Chicago Cubs]] and winner of the [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year Award]] and the [[Gold Glove Award]], was killed when the Cessna 172 he was flying crashed near Bird Island in [[Utah Lake]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-05-sp-10227-story.html|title=Memories of Ken Hubbs Live On : Nearly 30 Years Later, the Town of Colton Still Is Recovering From His Death at 22|date=1993-07-05|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref>
* On October 23, 1964, [[David Box]], lead singer for [[The Crickets]] on their 1960 release version of "[[Peggy Sue Got Married (song)|Peggy Sue Got Married]]" and "Don't Cha Know" and later a solo artist, was killed when the Cessna 172 he was aboard crashed in northwest [[Harris County, Texas]], while en route to a performance. Box was the second lead vocalist for The Crickets to die in a plane crash, following [[Buddy Holly]].<ref name="HubStuff">{{Cite magazine |magazine=Hub Stuff |date=January 29, 2004 |volume =2|issue=6|title=Just a Day Away |url=http://www.hubstuff.com/pdf/hubstuff_vol2no6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040615073232/http://www.hubstuff.com/pdf/hubstuff_vol2no6.pdf |archive-date=2004-06-15 |access-date=2010-05-13}}</ref><ref name="buddyhollyonline">{{Cite web |url=http://www.buddyhollyonline.com/related/dbox.html |title=David Box |date=n.d. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205622/http://www.superoldies.com/buddyholly/related/dbox.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=usurped |access-date=13 May 2010}}</ref>
* On August 31, 1969, American professional boxer [[Rocky Marciano]] was killed when [[1969 Newton Cessna 172 crash|the Cessna 172 in which he was a passenger crashed]] on approach to an airfield outside [[Newton, Iowa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/MarcianoCessna.htm|title=Rocky Marciano|work=check-six.com|access-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226222016/http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/MarcianoCessna.htm|archive-date=26 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
* On September 25, 1978, a Cessna 172, N7711G, and [[Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182]], a [[Boeing 727]], collided over [[San Diego]], [[California]]. There were 144 fatalities, 2 in the Cessna 172, 135 on the PSA Flight 182 and 7 on the ground.<ref name=AAR795>{{cite web|publication-date=April 20, 1979 |title=Aircraft Accident Report 79-5 (AAR-79-5) |location=[[National Transportation Safety Board]], hosted by PSA history.org |url=http://www.psa-history.org/museum/NTSBAAR7905.pdf |access-date=2008-02-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228123916/http://www.psa-history.org/museum/NTSBAAR7905.pdf |archive-date=2008-02-28 }}</ref>
* On May 28, 1987, a rented Reims Cessna F172P, [[aircraft registration|registered]] D-ECJB, was used by German teenage pilot [[Mathias Rust]] in an unauthorized flight from [[Helsinki-Malmi Airport]] through [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] airspace to land near the [[Red Square]] in [[Moscow]], all without being intercepted by Soviet [[Anti-aircraft warfare|air defense]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.coptercrazy.scsuk.net/production/rcessna/172/f172-42.htm |title = Listing of Production Reims F172|access-date = 2007-12-23|last = coptercrazy|date = n.d. |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050314122837/http://www.coptercrazy.scsuk.net/production/rcessna/172/f172-42.htm |archive-date = 2005-03-14}}</ref>
* On April 9, 1990, [[Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2254]], an [[Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia]], collided head-on with a [[Civil Air Patrol]] Cessna 172, N99501, while en route from [[Gadsden Municipal Airport]] to [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport]]. The Cessna crashed, killing two occupants, but the Brasilia made a safe emergency landing.<ref name="ASN1990">{{cite web |last= |date=July 2009 |title=Accident Description |url=http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=42107 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025003550/http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=42107 |archive-date=2012-10-25 |access-date=2009-07-28 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On January 5, 2002, high school student Charles J. Bishop [[2002 Tampa Cessna 172 crash|stole a Cessna 172]], N2371N, and intentionally crashed it into the side of the [[Bank of America Plaza (Tampa)|Bank of America Tower]] in downtown [[Tampa, Florida]], killing only himself and otherwise causing very little damage.<ref name="cnn">[https://web.archive.org/web/20051127104829/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/01/05/tampa.crash/ "Small, stolen plane slams into Tampa skyscraper"], (archived from [http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/01/05/tampa.crash/ the original]), ''[[CNN]]'', 5 January 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2012</ref><ref name="cn">{{cite web |url= http://europe.cnn.com/2002/US/01/06/tampa.crash/index.html |title=Police: Tampa pilot voiced support for bin Laden |date= January 7, 2002 |first=Kathleen |last=Koch |work=europe.cnn.com |access-date=December 12, 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020816035537/http://europe.cnn.com/2002/US/01/06/tampa.crash/index.html |url-status= dead |archive-date  =August 16, 2002}}</ref>
* On April 6, 2009, a Cessna 172N, C-GFJH, belonging to [[Confederation College]] in [[Thunder Bay]], [[Ontario]], Canada, was stolen by a student who flew it into United States airspace over [[Lake Superior]]. The 172 was intercepted and followed by [[NORAD]] [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16s]], finally landing on Highway 60 in [[Ellsinore, Missouri]], after a seven-hour flight. The student pilot, a Canadian citizen born in Turkey, Adam Dylan Leon, formerly known as Yavuz Berke, suffered from [[Depression (mood)|depression]] and was attempting to commit suicide by being shot down, but was instead arrested shortly after landing. On November 3, 2009, he was sentenced to two years in a US federal prison after pleading guilty to all three charges against him: interstate transportation of a stolen aircraft, importation of a stolen aircraft, and illegal entry into the US. College procedures at the time allowed easy access to aircraft and keys were routinely left in them.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7273710&page=1|title = Stolen Cessna's Pilot Captured|website = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date = 2009-04-06|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090408042308/https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7273710&page=1|archive-date = 2009-04-08|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="CBC07Apr09">{{cite news |last= |date=April 2009 |title=Pilot charged after plane leads U.S. fighter jets over 4 states |work=CBC News |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pilot-charged-after-plane-leads-u-s-fighter-jets-over-4-states-1.783135 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408184642/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pilot-charged-after-plane-leads-u-s-fighter-jets-over-4-states-1.783135 |archive-date=2009-04-08}}</ref><ref name="AvWeb07Apr09">{{cite web|url = http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/PilotArrestedAfterPlaneChase_200094-1.html|title = Pilot Arrested After Plane Chase|access-date = 2009-04-07|last = Niles|first = Russ|date = April 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090411055946/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/PilotArrestedAfterPlaneChase_200094-1.html|archive-date = 2009-04-11|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="AvWeb07Apr09A">{{cite web|url = http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/news/SchoolReviewsSecurityAfter172Theft_200104-1.html|title = School Reviews Security After 172 Theft (Corrected)|access-date = 2009-04-07|last = Niles|first = Russ|date = April 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090414100347/http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/news/SchoolReviewsSecurityAfter172Theft_200104-1.html|archive-date = 2009-04-14|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="CBC03Nov09">{{cite news |last= |date=November 2009 |title=Canadian jailed for flying stolen plane into U.S. |work=CBC News |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-jailed-for-flying-stolen-plane-into-u-s-1.835881 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107200352/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-jailed-for-flying-stolen-plane-into-u-s-1.835881 |archive-date=2009-11-07}}</ref>
* On August 16, 2015, Cessna 172M N1285U collided in midair with a private [[North American Sabreliner]], N442RM, on approach to [[Brown Field Municipal Airport]] in California, killing all five people on board the two aircraft. The cause was found to be [[air traffic control]] error. This accident, together with [[2015 Moncks Corner mid-air collision|another fatal 2015 mid-air collision]] under similar circumstances, prompted the U.S. [[National Transportation Safety Board]] to recommend that the FAA more strongly emphasize scenario-based training for controllers.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Perry|first1=Tony|title=Two planes collide near San Diego's Brown Field; 3 dead|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-small-planes-collide-20150816-story.html|access-date=16 August 2015|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=16 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=AUTHORITIES: 5 DEAD IN MIDAIR COLLISION OF SMALL PLANES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY|url=http://abc30.com/news/authorities-4-dead-in-midair-collision-of-small-planes-in-san-diego-county/936093/|access-date=16 August 2015|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=16 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818040243/http://abc30.com/news/authorities-4-dead-in-midair-collision-of-small-planes-in-san-diego-county/936093/|archive-date=18 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=Doublemidair>{{cite web |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/ASR1606.pdf |title=Educating Controllers on Two Midair Collisions |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |date=14 November 2016 |access-date=19 November 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119054957/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/ASR1606.pdf |archive-date=19 November 2016 }}</ref>
* On November 11, 2021, [[Glen de Vries]], co-founder of [[Medidata Solutions]] and [[Blue Origin]] [[Space tourism|space tourist]], died in the crash of a 172 near [[Hampton Township, New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Fisher|first1=Kristin|last2=Muntean|first2=Pete|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/12/business/glen-de-vries-death/index.html|date=2021-11-12|access-date=2021-11-12|title=Blue Origin astronaut Glen de Vries dies in plane crash|website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>
* On March 5, 2024, a 172M of 99 Flying School, 5Y-NNJ, crashed after colliding with [[Safarilink Aviation Flight 053]], a [[de Havilland Canada Dash 8]], near [[Wilson Airport]] over [[Nairobi National Park]], killing the instructor and student pilot aboard the 172. The Safarilink flight landed safely with no injuries to the 44 people on board.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hradecky |first=Simon |date=2024-03-05 |title=Accident: Safarilink DH8C at Nairobi on Mar 5th 2024, midair collision with light aircraft |url=https://avherald.com/h?article=515c1179 |access-date=2024-07-18 |work=[[The Aviation Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 2024-04-03 |title=Preliminary Midair Collision Accident Report Involving 5Y-SLK and 5Y-NNJ |url=https://www.transport.go.ke/sites/default/files/Preliminary%20Midair%20Collision%20Accident%20Report%20Involving%205Y-SLK%20and%205Y-NNJ_0.pdf |access-date=2024-07-18 |publisher= Aircraft Accident Investigation Department |language=en-GB}}</ref>