# Accident 20050914020839A: Cessna 172M, Amarillo, TX, September 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2005, 09:40 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Blue Sky Airfield Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0644° N, 101.8494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0644&lon=-101.8494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19998, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19998-2009-08-12) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 1,050 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050914020839A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED RUNWAY 35 AT BLUE SKY AIRFIELD (2TX0) SOUTH OF AMARILLO, TEXAS AT APPROXIMATELY 0940 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2005. RUNWAY 35 IS APPROXIMATELY 3800 FEET ACCORDING TO AIRNAV. THE PILOT REPORTED HE TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 35, STARTED CLIMBING, AND NOTICED THE ENGINE DID NOT SOUND LIKE IT WAS MAKING AS MUCH POWER AS IT USUALLY DID. WHEN HE REACHED 75 TO 85 FEET AGL, HE SAW THAT THERE WAS NO GAIN IN AIRSPEED. WHEN HE NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS ONLY PRODUCING 1950 RPMS, HE DECIDED TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. HE PROCEEDED TO BANK THE AIRCRAFT LEFT AND JUST CLEARED A FENCE APPROXIMATELY 210 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND LEFT WING AND NOSE LOW WITH INITIAL IMPACT BEING THE LEFT WING APPROXIMATELY 240 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 68 FEET BEYOND INITIAL IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT SPUN APPROXIMATELY 120 DEGREES TO THE LEFT. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, ALL PASSENGERS DISEMBARKED MOMENTS BEFORE A FIRE STARTED. BOTH WING FUEL TANKS EXPLODED AND MOST OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED IN THE FIRE. THE SKID MARKS WERE APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY.

## 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 DFW05CA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA237), Sep 14, 2005: Cessna 172M (N19998), Amarillo, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing factors were the reported loss of engine power for undetermined reasons and 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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