# Accident 20100221027769A: Cessna 172RG, Lockhart, TX, February 21, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2010, 13:30 local time
- Place: Lockhart, TX
- Airport: Lockhart Municipal Arprt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 78WS
- Location: 29.8503° N, 97.6725° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8503&lon=-97.6725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5404V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 515 total, 27 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100221027769A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 21, 2010, AT 13:45 HOURS, A CESSNA 172RG OWNED BY MACH II AVIATION SERVICES INC. AND OPERATED BY BRETT THOMAS VERNER, CRASHED AT THE LOCKHART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.   VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT, COMMERCIAL & FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATED SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN NEW BRAUNFELS, TX ON 02/21/2010 AT APPROXITMATLY 13:25 HOURS.

## 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 CEN10LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA128), Feb 21, 2010: Cessna 172RG (N5404V), Lockhart, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to use the emergency checklist, and his failure to extend the landing gear manually. Contributing to the accident was the electrical failure/malfunction for reasons…

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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