# Accident 20020708021909A: Cessna 172B, Denton, TX, July 8, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2002, 11:30 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Airport: Denton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1947° N, 97.1981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1947&lon=-97.1981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7550X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7550X-2012-10-19) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020708021909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 07-08-02 AT 11:30 A CESSNA MODEL 172B, REGISTRATION NUMBER N7550X OWNED BY MAURICE H. LUNDY WHOSE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. MR. LUNDY WHO WAS THE PILOT AND MR. CLIFFERD HARDY THE PASSENGER LEFT DENTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT DENTON TEXAS AT 10:30 CST. ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT IN THE LOCAL AREA AND WHILE RETURNING TO DENTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, OVERSHOT RUNWAY 17 AND IMPACTED LIGHTING DURING LANDING. FLIGHT CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR, WINDS LITE AND VARIABLE PREVAILED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT MULTIENGINE LAND CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DENTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT DENTON TEXAS ON 07-08-2002 AT 10:20CST.

## 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 FTW02LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA203), Jul 8, 2002: Cessna 172B (N7550X), Denton, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude. Contributing factors were the pilot's diverted attention and the runway localizer antenna.

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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