- Date
- August 13, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Springlake, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8239UCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820813038489A
- Case key
- 72686
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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 student pilot reported that during a landing, he flared too high. The aircraft then stalled onto the runway and was substantially damaged. Reportedly, he had a 3 kt tail wind and the density altitude was about 6000 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8239U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252139
- Airframe hours
- 2,390
- Engine
- Continental O-360-A1A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- B.J.R. Enterprises
- Registered owner
- B.J.R. Enterprises
- Departed
- Springlake, TX
- Destination
- Springlake, TX
- Airport
- Jones Spraying, runway 17, 4,055 × 50 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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 22 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.