# NTSB FTW88FA100: Cessna 172F, N5577R, Golden, TX, May 13, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 13, 1988, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place: Golden, TX
- Location: 32.7296° N, 95.5630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Golden, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7296&lon=-95.5630&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report January 24, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22548
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88FA100
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22548/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88FA100

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - maneuver - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed(vs) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5577R-1990-08-10), registration cancelled 1990-08-10, S/N 17253174 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Registry model: [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (registry code 2072414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17253174
- Airframe hours: 2684
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880513016679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880513016679A), May 13, 1988: Cessna STC172, Mineola, TX, Destroyed. Stalled and crashed into trees on a photography flight. Was observed low and slow and erractic banks prior to crash

## Other investigations on N5577R (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW68S0001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW68S0001), Jul 17, 1967: Cessna 172 (N5577R), Lk.Jackson, TX, incident, no damage, 1 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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