- Date
- July 29, 1992, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lubbock, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5718RCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920729028069A
- Case key
- 18543
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Probable cause
The pilot under instruction misjudged his distance and altitude during a simulated forced landing, and the CFI failed to take timely action to prevent the accident as a result of his alcoholic impairment of efficiency and judgement.
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
At 6,700 ft MSL, and over the airport, power was pulled back for a gliding spiral to the airport. On short final, the airplane was high and not aligned with the runway. During a slip the airplane hit a mound of dirt about 75 ft short of the runway. The cfi's application for a new medical certificate had been denied; he failed to report 'a driving while intoxicated' conviction on his application. A state trooper summoned to the accident site reported that as he spoke to the CFI he '...did still have a strong odor of some type of alcohol coming from his breath and his person.' The cfi's results of performing field sobriety tests indicated intoxication.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5718R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17253381
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Rhiley, King R. III
- Registered owner
- Rhiley, King R. III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1992
- Departed
- F82
- Destination
- F82
- Airport
- F82 · Town And Country Airpark, runway 17, 3,500 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.