# Accident 20000727043939A: Cessna 172B, Olney, TX, July 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2000, 15:05 local time
- Place: Olney, TX
- Airport: Olney Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3603° N, 98.7503° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3603&lon=-98.7503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7501X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7501X-2013-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 254 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA217) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000727043939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 27, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1505 CDT, CESSNA, CE-172-B, N7501X OWNED AND OPERATED BY MR. JAMES DAVID SANDLIN, DEPARTED RUNWAY 22 TO THE RIGHT AT OLNEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, OLNEY, TEXAS. DURING THE LANDING/FLARE PHASE OF FLIGHT, STRUCK A BALE OF HAY AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND TURBULENCE PREVAILED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ON JULY 27, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME.

## 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 FTW00LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA217), Jul 27, 2000: Cessna 172B (N7501X), Olney, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. A factor was the gusty 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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