- Date
- May 28, 1986, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Vega, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6352DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860528019899A
- Case key
- 22029
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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.
Analysis
The pilot was practicing touch and go landings, when the aircraft began veering to the left after landing. He tried to apply full right rudder, but the aircraft continued to veer left off the runway. The pilot pulled the nose up to clear a tractor. The aircraft stalled, pitched nose down, collided with the ground, and nosed over into an inverted position. Inspection of the left main gear revealed what appeared to be a new break in the bolt which holds the main gear, as a result of a hard landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6352D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272738
- Airframe hours
- 600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George W. Jenkins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 21, 1986 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- Amarillo, TX
- Airport
- E52 · Vega-Oidham Co, runway 35, 3,600 × 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 25 in this make and model · 24 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMA, 30 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.