- Date
- July 3, 1987, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3980QCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870703032149A
- Case key
- 22390
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While lndg, the student plt had flared the acft in a rgt x-wind with gusts to 13 KTS. Subsequently, the acft drifted left & the left main gear went into soft mud. The acft then veered to the left and was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3980Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260082
- Airframe hours
- 2,379
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl E. Raines, doing business as D & N Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Carl E Raines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 2, 1987
- Airport
- T03 · Genoa, runway 14, 2,000 × 110 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13 total · 3 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots, gusting 13
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3980Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.