# Accident 20070607008289A: Cessna 172K, Amarillo, TX, June 7, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2007, 10:30 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Tradewind Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1686° N, 101.8222° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1686&lon=-101.8222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7370G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7370G-2012-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070607008289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS MAKING A CROSSWIND LANDING ON RWY 23 WITH WINDS FROM 250 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS. AT TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG FRACTURED AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE PERIMETER FENCE OF THE AIRPORT. THE COLLISION WITH THE FENCE AND RESULTING GROUND LOOP SEVERELY DAMAGED THE LEFT WING AND LEFT ELEVATOR.

## 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 DFW07LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA130), Jun 7, 2007: Cessna 172K (N7370G), Amarillo, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main landing gear spring assembly as a result of an unapproved repair by an unknown person(s), which resulted in a loss of directional control during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N7370G (1)

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

- [Incident 19950309006179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950309006179I), Mar 9, 1995: Cessna 172K (N7370G), Holly Springs, MS. Narrative: flight involved a student pilot on a return cross country flight from tupelo, MS. During return trip the aircraft ran out of fuel 8 NE of Holly…

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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