27.8849° N, 97.1497° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Aransas Pass Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 18, 1984 · 15:48 local
Place
Aransas Pass, TX
Airport
Aransas Pass
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4800J
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
70 total1 in this make and model30 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.
Hard landing and a loss of control damaged the motor mounts, wing tips, cowling, gear scissors and the propeller.
As the FAA filed it
HARD LANDING AND A LOSS OF CONTROL DAMAGED THE MOTOR MOUNTS, WING TIPS, COWLING, GEAR SCISSORS AND THE PROPELLER.