- Date
- December 25, 1986, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lindale, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12525Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861225083649A
- Case key
- 22313
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Proper touchdown point - misjudgedCause
Go-around - attemptedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
A private pilot substantially damaged his aircraft while attempting a landing on a grass strip in Lindale, TX. The pilot overshot the airstrip, and crashed in a field off the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12525
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262040
- Airframe hours
- 2,467
- Engine
- Lycoming 203-20, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David A. Hopkins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 24, 1986 · 6 hours before
- Destination
- NONE · Lindale, TX
- Airport
- Grass Strip, runway 36, 2,000 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 155 total · 15 in this make and model · 13 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYR, 10 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.