# Accident 20020521011639A: Cessna 172N, Granbury, TX, May 21, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2002, 22:45 local time
- Place: Granbury, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4484° N, 97.7701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Granbury, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4484&lon=-97.7701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734KG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734KG-2018-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020521011639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 22, 2002, SANDRO SIMONETTO AND A PASSENGER WERE FLYING N734KG, A CESSNA-172, FROM HICKS FIELD, FORT WORTH, TEXAS TO SAN ANTONIO. THEY DEPARTED AT NIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 2000 FT. AND STARTED TO CLIMB TO 3000 FT. WHEN THE ENGINE BECAME ROUGH AND THEN QUIT. THEY GLIDED DOWN AND CRASHED IN A REMOTE AREA NEAR GRANBURY, TEXAS. NO INJURIES TO EITHER OCCUPANT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N734KG (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19901022046999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901022046999A), Oct 22, 1990: Cessna 172N (N734KG), Grand Prairie, TX, Substantial damage. Student landed fast. Over controlled. Ran off runway into a VASI light.
- [Incident 19900610030579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900610030579I), Jun 10, 1990: Cessna 172N (N734KG), Alvarado, TX. Smelled smoke in cockpit. Turned off master switch. Landed in field. Switch was shorted.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.