- Date
- September 23, 1982, 01:51 local (06:51 UTC)
- Place
- College Station, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20516Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820923049759A
- Case key
- 70300
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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 aircraft crashed during landing on runway 16 at College Station TX. The accident occurred on a dark night and the airport was not lighted. The aircraft was stolen by the pilot. The pilot said he was too high and fast on the approach. The propeller and nose gear hit the runway at the same time. The aircraft slid off the runway after this.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20516
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261354
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Texas A&M Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Texas A&M Flying Club
- Departed
- CLL · College Station, TX
- Destination
- CLL · College Station, TX
- Airport
- CLL · Easterwood Airport, runway 16, 5,151 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 17
- Medical
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.