# NTSB FTW86LA072: Cessna R172K, N758KU, Waco, TX, March 21, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 21, 1986, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Waco, TX
- Coordinates: 31.479991, -97.080566 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4800&lon=-97.0806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22018
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA072
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22018/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA072

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
- Overrun, landing - roll
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - planned approach - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT OF A CESSNA 172, N758KU, OVER-SHOT HIS APPROACH TO A PRIVATELY OWNED GRASS STRIP. THE RUNWAY IS 05/23, 3180 FOOT LONG AND 100 FOOT WIDE WITH AN APPROXIMATE 300 FT. DISPLACED THRESHOLD AT EAST END. THE WIND WAS VARIABLE FROM 300 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS AT WACO, TX 6 MILES EAST OF THE ACCIDENT SCENE. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO A BAR DITCH AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N758KU](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N758KU-1990-10-10), registration cancelled 1990-10-10, S/N R1723164 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Registry model: [Cessna R172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (registry code 2072431) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R1723164
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-360-K 195 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Phil Grisham
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 70F, FLYING HEART, TX
- Destination: SCOTT FIELD, TX
- Airport: Scott Field, runway 23, 3,180 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; commercial, private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,980 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ACT, 6 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 19860321007639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860321007639A), Mar 21, 1986: Cessna R172K, Waco, TX, Substantial damage. The aircraft overshot the grass runway. Winds were reported by others to be shifting and gusty.

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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