# Accident 20080726843559A: Cessna 172, Athens, TX, July 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2008, 12:50 local time
- Place: Athens, TX
- Airport: Athens Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1636° N, 95.8283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1636&lon=-95.8283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6257E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6257E-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 0 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080726843559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 26TH AT APPROXIMATELY 12:50 PM AIRCRAFT N6257E A CESSNA 172 S/N 46357 DEPARTED ATHENS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KF44) FROM RUNWAY 17 ENROUTE TO LIBERTY, TEXAS WITH 3 PEOPLE ON BOARD. WEATHER REPORTED AT 12:53 PM AT THE TYLER AIRPORT WHICH IS 24 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST WAS WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 12 MPH, VISIBILITY 10 MILES, SKY CLEAR, TEMPERATURE 92 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, AND THE ALTIMETER WAS 30.11. AN EYE WITNESS AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT STATE THE THE PILOT "DID NOT USE ALL OF THE RUNWAY AND PULLED THE AIRCRAFT OFF EARLY". THE WITNESS STATE THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN GROUND EFFECTS AND DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FLYING. HE ALSO STATED IT APPEARED THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLEAR THE TREES ABOUT ONE HALF MILE OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CLIPPED SEVERAL PINE TREES BEFORE CRASHING THROUGH SEVERAL OTHER TREES AND SEVERAL UTILITY CABLES COMING TO REST IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE CRASH SITE WAS APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE SOUTHEAST OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THERE WAS ONE REPORTED KNEE INJURY TO THE PASSENGER IN THE REAR SEAT. ALL THREE PASSENGERS WALKED OUT UNDER THEIR OWN POWER.

## 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 DEN08LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA129), Jul 26, 2008: Cessna 172 (N6257E), Athens, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power during initial climb due to undetermined reasons, which led to an uncontrolled descent and subsequent aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's…

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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