- Date
- February 8, 1987, 13:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Bay City, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6129DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870208002309A
- Case key
- 22329
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Wind information - misjudgedFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Compensation for wind conditions - poorCause
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
According to the pilot, during flare/touchdown the aircraft was substantially damaged when he lost control of the aircraft due to a cross wind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6129D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272609
- Airframe hours
- 2,386
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jim L. Callaway
- Registered owner
- Jim L Calloway
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- GLS · Galveston, TX
- Destination
- 3R1 · Bay City, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 3R2 · Bay City Mun., runway 31, 5,120 × 75 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 102 total · 49 in this make and model · 51 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PSX, 25 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.