# Accident 19860124001339A: Cessna 172P, Tomball, TX, January 24, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1986, 09:30 local time
- Place: Tomball, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEML (DWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98523, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98523-2007-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW86LRA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LRA05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860124001339A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING TOUCH AND GO DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST. DEPARTED RUNWAY, NOSE GEAR SANK INTO MUD, AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 FTW86LRA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LRA05), Jan 24, 1986: Cessna 172 (N98523), Tomball, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N98523 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020707021039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020707021039I), Jul 7, 2002: Cessna 172P (N98523), Traverse City, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landing at tvc airport on runway 28, winds 230 degrees at 8 knots pilot stated gust of wind lifted aircraft at touch down damaging right wing…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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