# Accident 20030422004599A: Cessna 172C, Pecos, TX, April 22, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2003, 15:30 local time
- Place: Pecos, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3822° N, 103.5106° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3822&lon=-103.5106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1667Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1667Y-2007-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 66 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030422004599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 22, 2003, APPROXIMATELY 1530 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, CESSNA 172C, N1667Y WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A HIGHWAY (FM ROAD 2119), 39 MILES NORTHWEST OF PECOS, TEXAS, 4.5 MILES INTO CULBERSON COUNTY. PILOT/OWNER ATTEMPTED LANDING NORTHWEST ON FM 2119 AND DRIFTED TO THE WEST JUST BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN. LEFT MAIN GEAR CONTACTED DIRT MOUND, PILOT ADVANCED THROTTLE AND ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT TO THE RIGHT. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR THEN CONTACTED BARB WIRE FENCE AND THE AIRPLANE ROTATED DOWN AND TO THE RIGHT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF, RIGHT SIDE FUSELAGE BUCKLED, RIGHT LOWER WING STRUT ATTACH SHEARED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, RIGHT WING BUCKLED AT THE FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT POINT, THE LEFT WING TIP AND AILERON WAS DAMAGED. SEVERE DAMAGE OCCURRED TO AIRCRAFT PROPELLER DURING IMPACT. GPS TERRAIN ELEVATION WAS 3270 AND THE AIRCRAFT ORIENTED 35 DEGREE HEADING AFTER INITIAL IMPACT. BOTH AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS CONTAINED FUEL.

## 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 FTW03LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA138), Apr 22, 2003: Cessna 172C (N1667Y), Pecos, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control while landing. A contributing factor was the gusty wind condition.

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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