# Accident 19980510008629A: Cessna 172P, Georgetown, TX, May 10, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1998, 11:45 local time
- Place: Georgetown, TX
- Airport: Georgetown Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6504° N, 97.7507° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6504&lon=-97.7507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99570, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99570-2003-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,270 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980510008629A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT HELD EXTREME NOSE HIGH ALTITUDE ON TAKEOFF, STALLING AND LANDING HARD INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROLS TOO LATE. (-23) INSTRUCTOR & STUDENT PRACTICING SOFT FIELD TAKE OFF. STUDENT STALLED AIRCRAFT, INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER WITH POWER & CONTROL INPUT, BUT WAS TOO LATE. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED HARD ONCE OR TWICE AND STRUCK THE GROUND ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP ABOUT 65 FT. FROM THE RUNWAY DAMAGING PROP, COLLAPSING NOSE GEAR, DAMAGING ENGINE MOUNT AND FIREWALL. THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE TAIL, WING AND EMPENNAGE.

## 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 FTW98LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA212), May 10, 1998: Cessna 172P (N99570), Georgetown, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: inadequate supervision by the flight instructor (CFI), by failing to ensure that the student obtained and/or maintained sufficient airspeed, which led to an inadvertent stall and collision with the…

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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