# Accident 20030608013429A: Cessna 172K, Brownwood, TX, June 8, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2003, 05:00 local time
- Place: Brownwood, TX
- Airport: Brownwood Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6936° N, 98.9575° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6936&lon=-98.9575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78690, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78690-2017-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 45 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA184) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030608013429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 8, 2003, AT 0500 CDT, A C-172-K, N78690, REGISTERED TO STRATOS AVIATION INC., RR 3 BOX 49, LUBBOCK, TEXAS 794039712, LOST POWER DURING AN APPROACH TO A LANDING ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BALLINGER, TEXAS (E30) ON JUNE 8, 2003 AT 0300 CDT.

## 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 LAX03LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA184), Jun 8, 2003: Cessna 172K (N78690), Early, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in a loss of engine power while on approach to land, and subsequent off-airport landing.

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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