# Accident 20110116000219A: Cessna 172A, Clarendon, TX, January 16, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2011, 20:00 local time
- Place: Clarendon, TX
- Airport: Smiley Johnson Municipal/Bass
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9044° N, 100.8511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9044&lon=-100.8511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7262T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7262T-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110116000219A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 16, 2011, CESSNA MODEL 172A, REGISTRATION NUMBER N7262T DEPARTED ABILENE, TEXAS AT SUNSET ON A VFR FLIGHT TO CLARENDON, TEXAS (E34).  AT APPROXIMATELY 8PM CST, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A NORTH EAST HEADNG AND IMPACTED SLOPING TERRAIN ONE MILE EAST OF SMILEY JOHNSON AIRPORT ALONG COUNTY ROAD T.THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED NOSE FIRST, SLID 50FT, AND THEN FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, FIREWALL, FUSELAGE AND WINGS RESULTED. THE PILOT AND HIS DOG WERE LOCATED ON THE MORNING OF 1/17/2011, AND THE PILOT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A BROKEN LEFT LEG AND SHOULDER INJURIES.

## 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 CEN11LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA153), Jan 17, 2011: Cessna 172A (N7262T), Clarendon, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to correctly set the altimeter, which resulted in his erroneous perception that the airplane was at a safe altitude.

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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