- Date
- February 26, 1989, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksboro, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8643UCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890226002759A
- Case key
- 22842
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to go around, when she did not attain the proper touchdown point (landed long) and had excessive airspeed to stop on the runway. A factor related to the accident was the unfavorable wind condition (sudden wind shift).
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8643U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252545
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kathi O. Rodgers
- Departed
- SEP · Stephenville, TX
- Destination
- 21F
- Airport
- 21F · Jacksboro Muni, runway 17, 3,220 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 96 total · 42 in this make and model · 39 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N8643U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.