- Date
- May 13, 1988, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Golden, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5577RCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880513016679A
- Case key
- 22548
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft was operating on an aerial photography flt at 200 to 500' AGL and 70 to 80 mph. The commercial plt stated that as he was in a bank the acft seemed to be 'pushed' into the 60 to 80' trees over which he was flying and that it 'fell out of the air'. He also stated that he never felt the acft buffet or heard the stall warning. Witnesses stated that prior to the accident the acft was making abrupt maneuvers using steep angles of bank. Evidence indicated that the acft entered the trees at low speed in a steep right bank. The investigation did not reveal any evidence of pre-impact failure or malfunction of the acft or any of its systems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5577R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17253174
- Airframe hours
- 2,684
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- R. E. Webster, Inc, doing business as Skyview Aerial Photography
- Registered owner
- R. E. Webster, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1988 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- 3F9 · Mineola, TX
- Destination
- F67 · Grand Prairie, TX
- Airport
- 3F9 · Mineola Wisener
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,715 total · 358 in this make and model · 1,445 as pilot in command · 128 in the last 90 days · 127 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GGG, 46 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 N5577R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.