# Accident 20080510833649A: Cessna 172H, Brookshire, TX, May 10, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2008, 23:30 local time
- Place: Brookshire, TX
- Airport: Sport Flyers
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8381° N, 95.9494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8381&lon=-95.9494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3870R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3870R-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 150 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08CA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080510833649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 10, 2008, AT 2330 CDT, A CESSNA 172H, N3870R, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT OVERSHOT RUNWAY 17 WHILE CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO NIGHT LANDINGS AT SPORTS FLYERS AIRPORT (27XS), BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TRAVELING THROUGH A DRAINAGE DITCH TEARING AWAY THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, SLID ACROSS A PAVED STREET, AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT IN A FARM FIELD. THE FRONT AND REAR RIGHT WING SPAR WAS DAMAGED AND OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE RIGHT WING AS WELL AS THE RIGHT AILERON. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED BY IMPACT WITH 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 DEN08CA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA087), May 11, 2008: Cessna 172H (N3870R), Brookshire, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to duck under marked transmission lines and his failure to maintain clearance from the fence. Contributing to the accident was the marked transmission lines.

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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