# Accident 20040804017829A: Cessna 172N, Cleveland, TX, August 4, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2004, 16:30 local time
- Place: Cleveland, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IUFS
- Location: 30.3564° N, 95.0078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3564&lon=-95.0078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4865G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4865G-2005-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04CA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04CA205) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040804017829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED HE HAD AN OVERWHELMING FEELING OF BEING LOST WHILE ENROUTE TO LUFKIN, TX. HE BECAME SICK AND DETERMINED HE COULD NOT CONTINUETO FLY. HE ELECTED TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IN A FIELD NEAR CLEVELAND, TX. MR. BOX LANDED IN A SOUTHEASTERN DIRECTION IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROX. 150 FEET; HIT A ROAD (THAT CROSSED THE FIELD); THE AIRCRAFT WENT AIRBORNE APPROX. 20 FEET/CAME BACK DOWN ON THE NOSE WHEEL; LOST THE TIRE ASSY AND FORK; WENT ANOTHER 100 FEET WITH THE NOSE STRUT PLOWING INTO THE GROUND THUS FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT ONTO ITS BACK. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE L/H WING, FUSELAGE, VERTICAL FIN, RUDDER, LANDING GEAR AND ENGINE MOUNT. A HOU-FSDO POI IS WORKING THE ISSUE WITH THE PILOT.

## 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 FTW04CA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04CA205), Aug 4, 2004: Cessna 172N (N4865G), Cleveland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper judgment of the airplanes altitude during landing. A contributing factor was the pilot's level of anxiety/apprehension after becoming lost/disoriented.

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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