# Accident 20130930025449A: Cessna 172, Rio Vista, TX, September 30, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2013, 13:00 local time
- Place: Rio Vista, TX
- Airport: Lowell Smith Jr Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2333° N, 97.3806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2333&lon=-97.3806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8878B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8878B-2018-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,215 total, 480 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA581](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA581) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130930025449A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A CESSNA 172, N8878B, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AFTER TAKEOFF, DURING CLIMB OUT ON A PERSONAL 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  IMPACT FORCES SEVERED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND LEFT WINGTIP. THE CREW AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT HOLDS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT (ATP) CERTIFICATE.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM TEMPLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TEMPLE, TX (KTPL) AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 CDT.

## 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 CEN13LA581](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA581), Sep 30, 2013: Cessna 172 (N8878B), Rio Vista, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the initial climb after an excessive takeoff run from a grass airstrip, which resulted in the exceedance of the airplane's critical…

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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