# Accident 20121207028789A: Cessna 172M, Arcola, TX, December 7, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2012, 14:30 local time
- Place: Arcola, TX
- Airport: Houston Southwest
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3691° N, 95.4503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3691&lon=-95.4503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172BJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N172BJ-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,430 total, 800 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121207028789A

## Narrative

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

ON 12/07/2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00 CST N172BJ, CESSNA, MODEL 172M, LOST POWER, AFTER TAKE OFF, AND MADE AN EMERGENCY OFF AIRPORT LANDING INTO A FIELD, APPROXAMATELY 1 MILE FROM HOUSTON SOUTHWEST AIRPORT (AXH), ARCOLA, TEXAS. ON LANDING ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, BOTH WINGS, VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER AS A RESULT OF THE ROLL OVER.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED BY DUTCH WINGS LLC, (DBA DUTCH WINGS FLIGHT SCHOOL) BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.

VISUAL METEOROLOGIACL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT RULES FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT WAS ORIGINATING, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

THE PILOT AND PASSANGER WERE NOT INJURIED IN THE ACCIDENT. AND THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.

AIRCRAFT RECORDS WERE INSPECTED ALL INSPECTIONS WERE CURRENT.

## 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 CEN13LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA104), Dec 7, 2012: Cessna 172M (N172BJ), Arcola, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during initial climb for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal…

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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