# Accident 19890328004839A: Cessna R172K, Hondo, TX, March 28, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1989, 03:08 local time
- Place: Hondo, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3491° N, 99.1493° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3491&lon=-99.1493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736RT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736RT-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360K
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 317 total, 247 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890328004839A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINES AT NIGHT WHILE TRYING TO FLY UNDER A THUNDERSTROM.IGNORED ATC ADVICE TO WAIT OUT FRONTAL WEATHER.

## 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 FTW89FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA073), Mar 28, 1989: Cessna 172XP (N736RT), Hondo, TX, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DECISION TO DEPART INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER AND HIS LACK OF INSTRUMENT TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE.

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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