# Accident 20181220022079A: Cessna 172C, Center, TX, December 20, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2018, 14:30 local time
- Place: Center, TX
- Airport: Center Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8353° N, 94.1572° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8353&lon=-94.1572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8487X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8487X-2019-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181220022079A

## Narrative

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

CAUGHT A GUST OF WIND ON LANDING RUNWAY 35. ACFT CARTWHEELED AND CAME TO REST ON LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## 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 GAA19CA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA123), Dec 20, 2018: Cessna 172 (N8487X), Center, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

## Other reports on N8487X (1)

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

- [Incident 19841124072159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841124072159I), Nov 24, 1984: Cessna 172C (N8487X), Corpus Christi, TX. Made forced landing after engine quit due to fuel exhaustion.

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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