- Date
- September 15, 1984, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Seguin, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N51250Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840915048769A
- Case key
- 21470
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed during the takeoff phase of a touch-&-go landing. The student plt stated that the wind direction and speed had changed at lift-off causing the acft to become airborne then to descend and hit the ground before coming to a stop inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51250
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251250
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Frank Mcclaugherty
- Registered owner
- F. Shanafelt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Seguin, TX
- Airport
- T90 · Guadalupe County, runway 12, 3,670 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 35 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N51250 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.