# Accident 20040828025809A: Cessna 172S, Leakey, TX, August 28, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2004, 11:40 local time
- Place: Leakey, TX
- Airport: Real County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2111° N, 99.7433° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2111&lon=-99.7433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2477E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2477E-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 258 total, 218 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04CA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04CA224) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040828025809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N2477E DEPARTED UVALDE, TEXAS AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 LOCAL TIME WITH KENNY RAY POOL, HOLDER OF PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 449864236, AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND. AT APPROXIMATELY 11:40 LOCAL TIME, IT CRASHED INTO THE TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES WEST OF LEAKEY TEXAS. THERE WERE THREE OCCUPANTS IN THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT, AN ADULT FEMALE PASSENGER AND HER 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES FROM THE CRASH AND ONLY SLIGHT INJURIES SUSTAINED FROM CLIMBING OUT OF THE WRECKAGE AND DOWN THE ROUGH TERRAIN.

## 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 FTW04CA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04CA224), Aug 28, 2004: Cessna 172S (N2477E), Leakey, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with terrain. A contributing factor was the high density altitude.

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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