# NTSB FTW82DA255: Cessna 172XP, N7319K, Kennedale, TX, June 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 27, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Kennedale, TX
- Coordinates: 32.639991, -97.209716 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6400&lon=-97.2097&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 27, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71250
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA255
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71250/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA255

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH LIGHT UNMARKED ALUMINUM WIRES DURING AN APPROACH TO LAND AT A PRIVATE AIRPORT. THESE WIRES WERE NOT NOTICED WHEN AN OVERFLIGHT WAS MADE PRIOR TO LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED OK AFTER THE COLLISION. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE COLLISION OCCURRED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7319K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172XP
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172055
- Airframe hours: 1400
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-360-K 195 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Glen Pruit
- Registered owner: Glen Pruit
- Departed: DALLAS, TX
- Destination: DALLAS, TX
- Airport: 4TX3, Melton Airport, runway 34, 2,200 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; commercial, airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 6,880 total, 110 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 194 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FTW, 20 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820627025849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820627025849A), Jun 27, 1982: Cessna R172K, Kennedale, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft hit wires on final approach for landing on private strip.

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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