# Accident 20230129000729A: Cessna 172L, Cleveland, TX, January 29, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2023, 21:38 local time
- Place: Cleveland, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3384° N, 95.0255° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3384&lon=-95.0255&mi=10
- Aircraft: N621EW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N621EW-2023-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 329 total, 304 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230129000729A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 29, 2023, AT 2220 THIS OFFICE BECAME AWARE OF THIS ACCIDENT WHEN INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE FAA SOUTH WEST REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER.

INSPECTOR^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^SPOKE BY PHONE WITH DPS ON-SITE. DPS INDICATED PILOT WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTACTED THE NTSB FOR A PRELIMINARY BRIEFING AND AUTHORIZATION TO RELOCATE THE AIRCRAFT. RELOCATION AUTHORIZED.

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DAN JONES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (T51), TX. THE PIC REPORTED HIS NAME TO BE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

IN A PHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE PIC HE STATED THAT HIS PARENTS DROPPED HIM OFF AT DAN JONES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (T51) TO FLY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (6R3) TO HAVE AN ANNUAL PERFORMED AND UPGRADED AVIONICS INSTALLED.

THE PILOT DEPARTED DAN JONES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (T51) AND ENCOUNTERED INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) ENROUTE TO HIS DESTINATION. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES ON LANDING APPROACH TO RUNWAY 34 AT CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (6R3). THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A WOODED AREA APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 34.

## 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 CEN23LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA097), Jan 29, 2023: Cessna 172L (N621EW), Cleveland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to attempt the night flight under visual flight rules when instrument meteorological conditions prevailed resulting in the airplane striking trees while on final approach.…

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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