# Accident 20140823017019A: Cessna 177, Gordonville, TX, August 23, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2014, 10:15 local time
- Place: Gordonville, TX
- Airport: Cedar Mills
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8394° N, 96.8089° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8394&lon=-96.8089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3202T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3202T-2018-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 289 total, 73 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA451](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA451) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140823017019A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 23, 2014, ABOUT 1015 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 177 AIRPLANE, N3202T, IMPACTED TREES DURING LANDING ROLLOUT AT CEDAR MILLS AIRPORT (3T0), GORDONVILLE, TEXAS. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND TWO PASSENGERS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LAKEVIEW AIRPORT (30F), LAKE DALLAS, TEXAS ABOUT 0945.

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 25 AT 3T0 HE WAS MAKING LEFT AILERON AND RIGHT RUDDER CONTROL INPUTS, BASED ON A CROSSWIND FROM THE SOUTH. AS THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED BELOW THE TREE LINE, THE WIND DECREASED AND THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED LEFT. DURING ROLLOUT ON THE TURF RUNWAY, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED MULTIPLE TREES.

AT 1015 THE WEATHER OBSERVATION STATION AT NORTH TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT (GYI), DENISON, TEXAS, LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, REPORTED THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: WIND 200 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 MILES, CLEAR SKIES, TEMPERATURE 31 DEGREES CELSIUS (C), DEW POINT 17 DEGREES C, ALTIMETER SETTING 30.02 INCHES OF MERCURY.

## 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 CEN14LA451](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA451), Aug 23, 2014: Cessna 177 (N3202T), Gordonville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of directional control during a 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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