20030622014359A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Beaumont Port A, TX · June 22, 2003

Date
June 22, 2003 · 12:45 local
Place
Beaumont Port A, TX
Airport
Jefferson County Airport
Phase of flight
Sfl Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N753MF
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW03LA176
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total400 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Attempted to land on runway 12 during simulated engine out. Approach extended past the threshold of r/w 12. Aircraft continued ground, both main and nose wheel, in the grass on east side of runway 16 (closed r/w) on a heading of approximately 100 degree. Aircraft became airborne and dragged the tail on the cement of r/w 16. Proceeded to clear the barricades on r/w 16 and stalled. Aircraft contacted ground with left wing tip, cartwheeling in the grass between runways 16/34 & 12/30 and came to rest on a heading of approximately 350 degrees. The left wing tip was bent up at an approximate angle of 35 degrees. The engine mounts were broken to the left and the engine was sitting 90 degrees to the fuselage, facing left. The nose gear departed the aircraft and came to rest approximately 25 feet to the left. The right wing was bent back about 10 to 15 degrees and the tip was bent up about 20 to 30 degrees. One prop blade was bent back and the other showed no signs of coming in contact with the ground. The engine did not appear to be under power at the time of the accident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 12 DURING SIMULATED ENGINE OUT. APPROACH EXTENDED PAST THE THRESHOLD OF R/W 12. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED GROUND, BOTH MAIN AND NOSE WHEEL, IN THE GRASS ON EAST SIDE OF RUNWAY 16 (CLOSED R/W) ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 100 DEGREE. AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND DRAGGED THE TAIL ON THE CEMENT OF R/W 16. PROCEEDED TO CLEAR THE BARRICADES ON R/W 16 AND STALLED. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED GROUND WITH LEFT WING TIP, CARTWHEELING IN THE GRASS BETWEEN RUNWAYS 16/34 & 12/30 AND CAME TO REST ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 350 DEGREES. THE LEFT WING TIP WAS BENT UP AT AN APPROXIMATE ANGLE OF 35 DEGREES. THE ENGINE MOUNTS WERE BROKEN TO THE LEFT AND THE ENGINE WAS SITTING 90 DEGREES TO THE FUSELAGE, FACING LEFT. THE NOSE GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET TO THE LEFT. THE RIGHT WING WAS BENT BACK ABOUT 10 TO 15 DEGREES AND THE TIP WAS BENT UP ABOUT 20 TO 30 DEGREES. ONE PROP BLADE WAS BENT BACK AND THE OTHER SHOWED NO SIGNS OF COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE ENGINE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE UNDER POWER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.