- Date
- May 29, 1982, 23:48 local (May 30, 1982, 04:48 UTC)
- Place
- Dallas, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29402Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820529020939A
- Case key
- 70395
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.
Analysis
The pilot stated that the aircraft made initial contact in the sod area at the northwest end of runway 12. The 1982 Texas aeronautical commission airport directory diagram of the airport shows this area to be an overrun area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29402
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177-00865
- Airframe hours
- 2,793
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bernard Johnson
- Registered owner
- Bill Bennett
- Departed
- Mcalester, OK
- Destination
- Mesquite, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 1F7 · Doan Field, runway 12, 2,100 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 48
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,356 total · 14 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 178 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.