- Date
- April 3, 1988, 14:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Leona, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8775UCessna 172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880403069819A
- Case key
- 22629
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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.
Analysis
The plt planned his apch to land about 1000 ft down the 3400 ft dirt rwy because the first 1000 ft was wet and soft. The last 400 ft was also wet and soft. The wind was calm and the apch speed was high. During the flare, the acft ballooned and floated past the intended touchdown pt. The plt then decided the acft was too FAR down the rwy for a safe landing and executed a go-around. He had extended the flaps to more than 30 deg and on this acft the flap switch is spring loaded to the off position. He also used carb heat during the apch and did not turn it off during the go-around. The acft accelerated slowly and when the nose was raised to clear 50 ft trees off the end of the private strip, the acft mushed into the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8775U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252679
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tom G. Holmes
- Registered owner
- Holmes, Tom G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 24, 1987
- Departed
- GLS · Galveston, TX
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE, runway 18, 3,400 × ft, dirt
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 185 total · 155 in this make and model · 126 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLL, 40 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.