# Accident 20110401007539A: Cessna 172K, Boerne, TX, April 1, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2011, 14:30 local time
- Place: Boerne, TX
- Airport: San Geronimo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5106° N, 98.7983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5106&lon=-98.7983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79286, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79286) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA257) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110401007539A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED BOERNE STAGE AIRPORT ENROUTE TO SAN GERONIMO AIRPORT. PILOT ENTERED THE PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 17.  AFTER TRAVELING 500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY IN GROUND EFFECT, PILOT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND SWEEPING THE AIRCRAFT OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN STRUCK A TREE WITH THE LEFT WING TIP CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP AND BUCKLING THE LEFT WING AT THE WING ROOT AREA. THE IMPACT THEN CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SWING LEFT STRIKING THE RIGHT WING ONTO A FENCE LINE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 180 DEGREES FROM LANDING HEADING. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED FROM PILOT. NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 CEN11CA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA257), Apr 1, 2011: Cessna 172K (N79286), San Antonio, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate compensation for wind while landing in gusty wind conditions.

## Other reports on N79286 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070308004152A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070308004152A), Mar 8, 2007: Cessna 172K (N79286), San Antonio, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) After completing a touch and go on runway 17 at Boerne Stage airport, the pilot of Cessna 172, N79286, took off and started his initial climb. At…

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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