# Accident 20190314010679A: Cessna 172, Lakeway, TX, March 14, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2019, 13:42 local time
- Place: Lakeway, TX
- Airport: Lakeway Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3514° N, 97.9939° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3514&lon=-97.9939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8620B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8620B-2019-07-02) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,472 total, 462 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190314010679A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VFR FROM LAKEWAY AIRPARK TO CONDUCT PILOT TRAINING NEAR

LAKEWAY TEXAS. THE (TWO PERSON) CREW ON BOARD ATTEMPTED TO LAND TWICE AT

LAKEWAY AIRPARK BUT CONTINUED AROUND DUE TO HIGH CROSSWINDS. DURING THE

THIRD ATTEMPT, ON SHORT FINAL, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER. THE AIRCRAFT

DEPARTED CONTROLLED FLIGHT AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS

DESTROYED AT IMPACT. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. THERE WAS ONE CRITICAL

INJURY AND ONE FATAL INJURY.

## 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 CEN19FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA099), Mar 14, 2019: Cessna 172 (N8620B), Lakeway, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined, and the flight instructor's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack while maneuvering for a forced 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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