# Incident 20011130031269I: Cessna R172K, Canadian, TX, November 30, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2001, 10:00 local time
- Place: Canadian, TX
- Airport: Splitbranch
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7025° N, 100.2850° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Split B Ranch Airport (TE04), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7025&lon=-100.2850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N758GR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N758GR-2012-01-27) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,502 total, 1,502 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011130031269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED AT HIS RANCH ON A GRASS STRIP WITH A CROSSWIND AND DRIFTED OFF THE MOWED EDGE OF THE STRIP. HE HIT A DITCH AND A BERM HIDDEN UNDER THE TALL GRASS AND BENT THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED HITTING THE LEFT WINGTIP AND THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. THE PILOT HAD SELECTED THE DOWNWIND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND USED MINIMUM FLAP SETTING TO HELP CONTROL THE CROSSWIND. WHEN HE FLARED TO LAND THE WIND DRIFTED HIM JUST OFF THE EDGE OF THE MOWED SURFACE. THERE WERE GOLFER HOLES AND A DITCH IN THE TALL GRASS WHICH THE PILOT WAS NOT AWARE OF, OTHERWISE HE WOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED THE DRIFT.

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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