- Date
- July 19, 1987, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Brenham, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N84861Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870719081429A
- Case key
- 22402
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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
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
The student pilot lost directional control during the landing roll. The aircraft veered off the runway and nosed over to the inverted position when the nose gear dropped into a hole hidden by tall grass.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84861
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258643
- Airframe hours
- 3,427
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Clarence Downing
- Registered owner
- Clarence Downing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 12, 1987
- Departed
- 11R · Brenham, TX
- Destination
- 11R
- Airport
- 11R · Brenham Municipal, runway 16, 4,000 × 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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 65 total · 65 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 66 °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.