# Accident 19880518014739A: Cessna 172N, Plano, TX, May 18, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1988, 16:15 local time
- Place: Plano, TX
- Airport: Dallas North Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0198° N, 96.6989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plano, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0198&lon=-96.6989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4675G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22 total, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW88LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880518014739A

## Narrative

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

FLOATED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. FAILED TO CORRECT SIDE DRIFT. BEGAN GO AROUND, SAW TREES. CLOSED THROTTLE. HIT WING LOW.

## 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 FTW88LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA105), May 18, 1988: Cessna 172N (N4675G), Plano, TX, substantial damage

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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