- Date
- June 14, 1987, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cameron, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5079ACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870614020239A
- Case key
- 22380
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.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Object - tree(s)Factor
Visual lookout - poorCause
Preflight planning/preparation - poorCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Procedures/directives - disregardedFactor
Loss of control - in flight
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
During takeoff climb the aircraft struck a powerline then trees and impacted the ground. The aircraft was being flown bya student pilot with no medical certificate or solo endorsement.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5079A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28079
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Earnest H. Martin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- T35 · Breakaway, runway 34, 3,200 × 50 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
- Certificate
- Student
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10 total · 1 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.