# Accident 20131025020559A: Cessna 172M, Raymondville, TX, October 25, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2013, 12:16 local time
- Place: Raymondville, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.4814° N, 97.7831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4814&lon=-97.7831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20587, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20587-2018-02-12) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131025020559A

## Narrative

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

ON APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE FINAL APPROACH TO BELL AIRFIELD (XS56), THE AIRPLANE LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.  AIRPLANE LANDED IN A PLOWED FIELD, NOSE WHEEL FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO FLIP LONGITUDINALLY OVER THE NOSE COMING TO REST INVERTED, POINTED IN THE DIRECTION OPPOSITE OF THE APPROACH.  THERE WAS NO POST-CRASH FIRE OR FUEL SPILL.  PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR 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 CEN14CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA027), Oct 25, 2013: Cessna 172M (N20587), Raymondville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The operation of an airplane by a non-certificated pilot. Contributing to the accident was his failure to maintain airspeed following a total loss of engine power at low altitude, which resulted in…

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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