29.3014° N, 94.7978° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 17, 1986 · 22:15 local
Place
Galveston, TX
Airport
Scholes Field
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1217U
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
55 total50 in this make and model20 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.
Landed with quartering tailwind and aircraft veered. Tail raised up, propeller struck ground. Overinflated oleo.
As the FAA filed it
LANDED WITH QUARTERING TAILWIND AND AIRCRAFT VEERED. TAIL RAISED UP, PROPELLER STRUCK GROUND. OVERINFLATED OLEO.