# Accident 20140105000819A: Cessna 172P, Cotula, TX, January 5, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2014, 16:45 local time
- Place: Cotula, TX
- Airport: Cotulla-La Salle County Airpor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.4567° N, 99.2183° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4567&lon=-99.2183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55277, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55277-2020-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 410 total, 3 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140105000819A

## Narrative

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

ON 01/05/2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 16:45 HOURS, A CESSNA 172P,  N55277 OWNED BY LAGUA VERDE LEASING INC. AND OPERATED BY ALPHA TANGO, CRASHED AT COTULLA-LA SALLE COUNTY AIRPORT.

VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED AND THE PILOT, COMMERCIAL RATED, SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN KCVB ON 01/05/2013 AT 14:00 HOURS.  THERE WAS FLIGHT INSTRUCTION GOING ON AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS AIR-LIFTED TO A HOSPITAL.

## 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 CEN14CA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA104), Jan 5, 2014: Cessna 172P (N55277), Cotulla, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot did not maintain control of the airplane while landing. The flight instructor's failure to monitor the flight contributed to the accident.

## Other reports on N55277 (2)

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

- [Incident 20070430005849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070430005849I), Apr 30, 2007: Cessna 172P (N55277), Beaumont Port A, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On April 30, 2007 at approximately 1651 local time N55277 was piloted by a student pilot on his first solo flight at the southeast Texas regional airport…
- [Accident 19840214003399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840214003399A), Feb 14, 1984: Cessna 172P (N55277), Springfield, MO, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft during crosswind landing.

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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