# Accident 20090122002339A: Cessna 172E, Dallas, TX, January 22, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2009, 15:54 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Air Park-Dallas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0235° N, 96.8369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AIR PARK-DALLAS (F69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0235&lon=-96.8369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5420T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5420T-2013-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 320 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090122002339A

## Narrative

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

ON 22 JANUARY 2009 AT 2139Z, A CESSNA CE-172E REGISTERED AS N5420T, REPORTED AN IN FLIGHT ENGINE FAILURE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED AT 2000FTMSL NORTH OF ADDISON TEXAS THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE GLEN EAGLE GOLF COURSE, PLANO TEXAS APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILES NORTHWEST OF DALLAS AIRPARK (F69).  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND MINER DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND BROKE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR OFF WHEN IT CAME TO REST IN A SAND TRAP.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE HAD STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND THEN STOPPED HIM THEN RE STARTED THE ENGINE TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE, HE DECIDED TO PUT IT DOWN ON THE GOLF COURSE.  INVESTIGATION ON SCENE FOUND THAT THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1.5 GALLON OF FUEL IN THE LEFT WING TANK AND NO FUEL WAS DRAINABLE FROM THE RIGHT WING TANK WITH THE AIRCRAFT IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE, THE FUEL GAGES ALSO READ ZERO.  AMENDED -23, ON 1 APRIL 2009, THE ENGINE WAS RUN AT AIR SALVAGE OF DALLAS, THE ENGINE RUN NORMALLY AND MADE POWER WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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