# NTSB FTW89LA060: Cessna 172, N8643U, Jacksboro, TX, February 26, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 26, 1989, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Jacksboro, TX
- Location: 33.2279° N, 98.1464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSBORO MUNI (21F), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2279&lon=-98.1464&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 28, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22842
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW89LA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22842/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA060

## 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

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8643U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8643U-1989-10-31), registration cancelled 1989-10-31, S/N 17252545 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (registry code 2072414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17252545
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890226002759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890226002759A), Feb 26, 1989: Cessna 172F, Jacksboro, TX, Substantial damage. Landed half way down runway and overran it into rough ground. Blamed wind shift from crosswind to tailwind landing.

## Other investigations on N8643U (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 FTW72FRG65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72FRG65), Apr 7, 1972: Cessna 172 (N8643U), Pearsall, TX, destroyed

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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