# Accident 20030826023169A: Cessna 172N, Bellville, TX, August 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2003, 20:45 local time
- Place: Bellville, TX
- Airport: Grawunder Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9411° N, 96.2453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Grawunder Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9411&lon=-96.2453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1939F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1939F-2005-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 150 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030826023169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED ROCKPORT, TX WITH TWO PASSENGERS. HE STATED HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 33 AT BELLEVILLE, TX (06R) WAS STEEP BECAUSE OF THE TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND HE USED FULL FLAPS. THE FIRST LANDING WAS HARD AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED A SECOND TIME AND THE PILOT DECIDED TO ATTEMPT A GO AROUND. HE STATED HE WAS NOT GETTING ENOUGH LIFT TO CLEAR THE TREES IN FRONT OF HIM SO HE DECIDED TO TURN TO THE LEFT AND LAND IN A PASTURE. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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