- Date
- November 7, 1987, 21:00 local (Nov 8, 1987, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bryan, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N72137Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871107062419A
- Case key
- 22525
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt took off at ngt with a passenger aboard. After takeoff, he remained in a left traffic pattern & made a low apch. Witnesses rprtd the plt then entered a rgt pattern, but the acft was lower & slower than normal as it was turning on the 2nd apch to rwy 13. They rprtd the acft entered a steep rgt bank & appeared to stall. Before recovering from the stall, the acft crashed near the apch end of rwy 13. Initial impact was on a roadway, then the acft bounced & hit a utility pole before coming to rest on arpt property. After the acdnt, a check of the plt's blood showed an alcohol lvl of 0.149% (149 mg/dl). Rprtdly, he had received 6.7 hrs of ngt instruction, but had only flown about 1 hr drg the prev 90 days. The owner rprtd that he did not authorize this flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72137
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9304
- Airframe hours
- 2,893
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tom Taylor
- Registered owner
- Thomas Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 25, 1987 · 43 hours before
- Airport
- CFD · Coulter, runway 13, 3,240 × 50 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 62 total · 62 in this make and model · 32 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLL, 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.
Other investigations on N72137 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.