# NTSB FTW71DRG35: Cessna 172, N2539U, San Antonio, TX, October 11, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 11, 1970
- Place: San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 12, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179994
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW71DRG35
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW71DRG35

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2952  70/10/11   SAN ANTONIO,TEX     CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 182
        TIME - 1525                    N2539U              PX-  0  0  1  DEMONSTRATION             TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STINSON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SAN ANTONIO,TEX             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
        REMARKS- PLTS 1ST FLT IN THIS ACFT.ACCELERATION WAS SLOW AND BRAKING POOR DUE WATER ON RWY.ABORT NOT NEC.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2539U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2539U), registered now, S/N 17250139, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (registry code 2072410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Stinson

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.

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