- Date
- August 24, 1984, 17:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Arlington, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5521DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840824043449A
- Case key
- 21443
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Weather condition - crosswind
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - airport facility
Nose over
Analysis
After two unsuccessful landing attempts the acft touched down on the rwy, veered to the right and off the side of the rwy, colliding with a concrete structure. Rwy 16 was used.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5521D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272592
- Airframe hours
- 1,672
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Cothran Aviation
- Registered owner
- Larry Mccoy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 6, 1984 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- SNL · Shawnee, OK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- E54 · Arlington Muni, runway 16, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 34 total · 13 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DFW, 5 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.