- Date
- July 25, 1992, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ozona, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9880GCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920725028099A
- Case key
- 18544
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain obstacle clearance.
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
During the approach to an unimproved strip, the left wing struck a tree causing the airplane to turn sideways. The pilot did not get the airplane aligned prior to the nose gear impacting the soft dirt to the left of the strip. Subsequently the nose gear separated and the airplane came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9880G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259780
- Airframe hours
- 3,071
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wester, Willie J.
- Registered owner
- Fox, Jeffery C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1992 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- 3R5 · New Braunfels, TX
- Airport
- Private
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 165 total · 60 in this make and model · 125 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 185° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °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 N9880G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.