# Accident 20030602011339A: Cessna 172P, Gainesville, TX, June 2, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2003, 13:10 local time
- Place: Gainesville, TX
- Airport: Gainesville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6511° N, 97.1969° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6511&lon=-97.1969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51611, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51611-2013-03-18) (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 O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030602011339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 2, 2003 AT 1810 GMT, A CESSNA 172P, N51611, OWNED BY DELTA AERONAUTICS, INC., C/O K.W. MCLOUD, 151 MEACHAM AIRPORT CIR., BLDG. 4N, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76106, HAD AN ACCIDENT AT THE GAINESVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GLE), GAINESVILLE, TEXAS, DURING A PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 17, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT SOLO CROSS COUNTRY, RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK THE WIND SOCK. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT, ONLY ONE ON BOARD, HAD MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS A STUDENT CERTIFICATE NO. FF-2706283. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FORT WORTH MEACHAM AIRPORT (FTW), FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ON JUNE 2, 2003, AT 1655 GMT.

## 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 FTW03LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA165), Jun 2, 2003: Cessna 172P (N51611), Gainesville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing. Contributing factors were the prevailing crosswind and the pilot's failure to abort landing.

## Other reports on N51611 (3)

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

- [Incident 19920722034529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920722034529I), Jul 22, 1992: Cessna 172P (N51611), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft on landing rollout. Veered off runway and struck a fence.
- [Accident 19850703045789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850703045789A), Jul 3, 1985: Cessna 172P (N51611), Valley Center, KS, Substantial damage. Aborted takeoff due to heavy elevator control. Ran off end of runway. Trim setting error. Failed to compensate.
- [Incident 19810207002959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810207002959I), Feb 7, 1981: Cessna 172P (N51611), Greenville, ME, Minor damage. Zc pilot landed on closed runway and struck snow 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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