# Accident 20000821039799A: Cessna 172P, San Antonio, TX, August 21, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2000, 16:00 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: Stinson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GL8S
- Location: 29.3196° N, 98.4702° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3196&lon=-98.4702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98873, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98873) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 30 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA240) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000821039799A

## Narrative

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

(.4)ON AUGUST 21, 2000, APPROXIMATELY 1600 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172P AIRPLANE, N98873, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 14 AT THE STINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THE PILOT, WHO HELD A VALID MEXICAN PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE, AND HIS PILOT-RATED PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 1515. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT THE STINSON AIRPORT. DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE, THE PILOT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE OF EVENTS OF THE ACCIDENT:  WHILE STARTING TO FLARE ON THE THIRD LANDING, A RIGHT CROSS-WIND "GUST" PUSHED THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT. THE AIRPLANE FLOATED TO THE LEFT, OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT BY RAISING THE NOSE AND APPLYING RIGHT RUDDER. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND COLLAPSED, RESULTING IN THE AIRPLANE SKIDDING ACROSS A TAXIWAY.   THE 148-HOUR PILOT DID NOT STATE THAT HE HAD ANY CROSS-WIND PROBLEMS DURING THE FIRST TWO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, NOR DID HE STATE THAT THERE WERE ANY MECHANICAL OR CONTROL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY AN FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE TAIL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. AT 1623, THE REPORTED WINDS AT STINSON AIRPORT WERE FROM 140 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS WITH NO GUSTS.

## 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 FTW00LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA240), Aug 21, 2000: Cessna 172P (N98873), San Antonio, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control during landing. A factor was the reported wind gust.

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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