30.0951° N, 95.6197° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Tomball, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 3, 1979 · 14:15 local
Place
Tomball, TX
Airport
Springcreek
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N57738
Reported as
Cessna 182
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
417 total83 in this make and model71 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Engine quit on descent. Landed crossways & ran off end runway into trees & fence. Did not use carb heat.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT ON DESCENT. LANDED CROSSWAYS & RAN OFF END RUNWAY INTO TREES & FENCE. DID NOT USE CARB HEAT.