# NTSB FTW86LA080: Cessna 172M, N13731, Dallas, TX, May 3, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 3, 1986, 13:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Location: 32.8459° N, 96.8509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS LOVE FLD (DAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8459&lon=-96.8509&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22020
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22020/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA080

## Analysis

THE PILOT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE WHILE TAXIING ON AN AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD, WHICH HE HAD MISTAKEN FOR THE TAXIWAY. ALTHOUGH THE PILOT SHOULD HAVE EXERCISED BETTER JUDGEMENT, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THIS SAME TYPE OF MISHAP HAS OCCURRED BEFORE. AFTER A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT LOVE FIELD, STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO DISTINGUISH THE INTERSECTION OF ALPHA RUNWAY AND THE ACCESS ROAD.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - fence
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,taxiway marking - inadequate (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N13731](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13731), registered now, S/N 17262977, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17262977
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Walter Kline
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 1986
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: DAL, Love Field

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 595 total, 544 in this make and model, 235 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAL

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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