# Accident 19880513016679A: Cessna STC172, Mineola, TX, May 13, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1988, 14:25 local time
- Place: Mineola, TX
- Airport: Wisener Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6512° N, 95.4728° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mineola, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6512&lon=-95.4728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5577R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5577R-1990-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC172
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,715 total, 358 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW88FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88FA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880513016679A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STALLED AND CRASHED INTO TREES ON A PHOTOGRAPHY FLIGHT. WAS OBSERVED LOW AND SLOW AND ERRACTIC BANKS PRIOR TO CRASH

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW88FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88FA100), May 13, 1988: Cessna 172F (N5577R), Golden, TX, destroyed

## Other reports on N5577R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810725052319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810725052319I), Jul 25, 1981: Cessna 172F (N5577R), Lake Jackson, TX, Substantial damage. Turned prop by hand to check if starter clocked, mags were on. Engine started airplane ran into a hangar.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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