# Incident 20040721015389I: Cessna 172M, Weatherford, TX, July 21, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2004, 15:00 local time
- Place: Weatherford, TX
- Airport: Parker County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7457° N, 97.6825° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PARKER COUNTY (WEA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7457&lon=-97.6825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1272U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1272U-2013-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040721015389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN DEVINEY WAS DOING A SUPERVISED SOLO LANDING, INSTRUCTOR LARRY DIAL, WATCHING FROM THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT PARKER COUNTY AIRPORT ON JULY 21, 2004, APPROXIMATELY 1500 LOCAL TIME. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT, (N1272U, CE-172), STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT. STUDENT PILOT DEVINEY APPLIED THE RIGHT BRAKE INITIALLY TO CORRECT THE DRIFT. THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY TURNED TO THE RIGHT, LEAVING RUNWAY AREA AND WENT THROUGH A PERIMETER FENCE APPROXIMATELY 120 FEET. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED INTO A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET RESTING AGAINST A SMALL TREE.

## Other reports on N1272U (2)

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

- [Incident 20030316003429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030316003429I), Mar 16, 2003: Cessna 172M (N1272U), Weatherford, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On 3/16/2003 at 15:15 a Cessna 172M, registration no. N1272U, owned by Weatherford aero LLC with an address of 211 s. rusk street, Weatherford, Texas…
- [Accident 19890521012312A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890521012312A), May 21, 1989: Cessna 172M (N1272U), Bradford, VT, Minor damage. On converging course struck N4974V and severed its tail which then crashed out of control. 1272U landed safely.

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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