- Date
- January 9, 1982, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fruit Vale, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7355ACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820109000779A
- Case key
- 70770
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Undershoot
Light condition - sunglareFactor
Distance - misjudgedCause
Altitude - misjudgedCause
In flight collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the approach he was momentarily blinded by the sun. The aircraft collided with the top wire on a fence at the end of the runway pulling it down onto the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7355A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17229455
- Airframe hours
- 1,683
- Engine
- Continental O-300A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Harris
- Registered owner
- Charles Harris
- Departed
- Fruit Vale, TX
- Destination
- Fruit Vale, TX
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 21, 4,000 × 0 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 89 total · 46 in this make and model · 41 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.