- Date
- December 23, 1987, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Godley, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N736ANCessna 172XP
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871223072459A
- Case key
- 22602
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a cross country flight, the weather worsened. Visibility decreased and the ceiling lowered, forcing the pilot to descend in order to remain VFR. The pilot elected to perform a precautionary landing in a field. During landing roll the pilot noticed a post and culvert in his path. He added power and rotated nose up, becoming airborne, missing the post and culvert but landing hard on the nose gear. The nose gear collapsed and the acft nosed down and to the left, damaging the left wing spar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736AN
- Reported as
- Cessna 172XP
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722374
- Airframe hours
- 1,384
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-K, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joe H. Griffin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 7, 1987 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- FDO · Bonham, TX
- Destination
- F55 · Granbury, TX
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 182 total · 48 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 18 knots, gusting 22
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Observed at
- FTW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.