# NTSB FTW83LA041: Cessna 172M, N20576, Sherman, TX, November 20, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 20, 1982, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Sherman, TX
- Coordinates: 33.660263, -96.699516 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6603&lon=-96.6995&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report November 20, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72614
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72614/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA041

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - aerobatics - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PASSENGER STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF FROM DALLAS THE PLT DRANK 6 CANS OF BEER BEFORE LANDING AT TEXHOMA. WHILE TAXIING FROM LANDING THE PLT ALLOWED THE LEFT WING TO COLLIDE WITH A TREE PUTTING A DENT IN THE LEADING EDGE. THEY THEN WENT TO A RESTAURANT WHERE THE PLT CONSUMED 3 MORE CANS OF BEER. THEY THEN DEPARTED TEXHOMA FOR THE RETURN FLT TO DALLAS. ENROUTE THE PLT PERFORMED SEVERAL ACROBATIC MANEUVERS PRIOR TO COLLIDING WITH THE TOPS OF SEVERAL SMALL TREES & CRASHING ON A ROAD. THE TROOPER WHO RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT THE PLT "WAS VERY INTOXICATED."

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N20576](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20576-1984-03-14), registration cancelled 1984-03-14, S/N 17261408 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17261408
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: John Brodherd, Jr.
- Registered owner: John Brodherd, Jr.
- Departed: C, TEXHOMA, OK
- Destination: C, DALLAS, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 165 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAL, 60 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 19821120059199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821120059199A), Nov 20, 1982: Cessna 172M, Sherman, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft clipped trees and crashed during low level buzzing. Pilot had been drinking alcohol.

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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