Cessna 172K N46469

Summary

On 26 February 2000 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 172K registered N46469 was involved in an accident near Alpine, 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

26 February 2000 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Alpine, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Alpine-Casparis Municipal (E38)

Coordinates

30.3594, -103.6606

Aircraft

Cessna 172K

Registration

N46469

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Odessa → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW00LA088

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing. A factor was the crosswind condition.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Upon returning to the home airport from the round robin cross-country flight, the solo student pilot bounced the airplane during the crosswind landing. Subsequently, the airplane departed runway 01 and rolled into a drainage ditch. The crosswind was from 300 degrees at 8 knots. Other pilots reported variable winds and dust devils in the area. The student pilot was endorsed for the flight, and had accumulated 70.1 total flight hours of which 48 hours were in the accident make and model of aircraft.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.