# Accident 19980706024409A: Cessna 172N, Yoakum, TX, July 6, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1998, 11:30 local time
- Place: Yoakum, TX
- Airport: Yoakum Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2903° N, 97.1405° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2903&lon=-97.1405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5103D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 69 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA311) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980706024409A

## Narrative

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

SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LANDING. VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO RUNWAY SIGN.(.4) ON JULY 6, 1998, AT 1130 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172N AIRPLANE, N5103D, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED A RUNWAY IDENTIFICATION SIGN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING LANDING AT THE YOAKUM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN YOAKUM, TEXAS. THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AB AVIATION OF TOMBALL, TEXAS, AND OPERATED BY NATIONAL AVIATION SERVICES OF SPRING, TEXAS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 SOLO CROSS COUNTRY INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED FROM DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT, HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AS THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 13, "A RIGHT CROSSWIND PUSHED THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT." AS HE ATTEMPTED "TO RECENTER, THE LEFT WHEEL LEFT THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRPLANE ENTERED INTO A RIGHT SKID." THE AIRPLANE "VEERED" OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, IMPACTED A RUNWAY IDENTIFICATION SIGN AND "CAME TO REST 15 FT. TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY." ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE WIND WAS FROM 220 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS.               THE FAA INSPECTOR WHO EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE REPORTED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS FOLDED REARWARD, THE FIREWALL WAS WRINKLED, AND THE LEFT WING STRUT TO FUSELAGE ATTACH POINT WAS DAMAGED. AT 1153, THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING STATION (ASOS) AT THE VICTORIA REGIONAL AIRPORT, LOCATED 30 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, RECORDED WINDS FROM 220 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS. (-23) LANDED WITH RIGHT CROSSWIND, LEFT MAIN GEAR TOUCHED FIRST. PILOT CORRECTED TO WINGS LEVEL WITHOUT ALIGNING FUSELAGE WITH RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY HITTING TAXIWAY MARKER. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR AND FIREWALL.

## 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 FTW98LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA311), Jul 6, 1998: Cessna 172N (N5103D), Yoakum, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind resulting in a loss of control. A factor was the crosswind.

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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