Cessna 172 N509R

Summary

On 15 January 2002 at about 20:50 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N509R was involved in an accident near Iraan, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

15 January 2002 at 20:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Iraan, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Iraan Municipal Airport (2F0)

Coordinates

30.9056, -101.8919

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N509R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

New Brunsfels → Iraan

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW02LA067

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll. Contributing factors were the pilot's selection of a downwind runway for landing, the tail wind condition, and his lack of total experience in the type of aircraft.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot had difficulty locating the windsock as he overflew the airport. On his third landing attempt on runway 32, he landed one-third of the way down the 4,085 feet long, 60 feet wide runway. Halfway down the runway he retracted the flaps and applied heavy braking. The airplane veered off the right side of the runway, went through a barbed wire fence, a shallow ditch, over a road, and into a business yard, where it impacted a pipe trailer. The pilot discovered after the accident that he had landed with a 15 knot tail wind. The 400 hour pilot reported that he had accumulated a total of 7 hours in the Cessna 172, and he felt his lack of experience in high wing airplanes was a contributing factor to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.