# Incident 20080624839579I: Cessna 172L, Granbury, TX, June 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2008, 19:30 local time
- Place: Granbury, TX
- Airport: Granbury Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4431° N, 97.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANBURY RGNL (GDJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4431&lon=-97.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3840Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3840Q-2020-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 450 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080624839579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 24, 2008, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF FLIGHT CONTROL ON A CE-172, N3840Q.  THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS FOR THE STUDENT PILOT TO PRACTICE SLOW TURNS, STALL RECOVERY AND STEEP TURNS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED THAT AFTER PERFORMING SEVERAL FLIGHT MANEUVERS WITH FULL FLAPS, AND TRYING TO RETURN TO NORMAL FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT FELT UNSTABLE.  THE PILOT DISCONTINUED THE FLIGHT AND DESCENDED FOR LANDING.  THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED.

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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