# Accident 19900623021879A: Cessna 150L, Houston, TX, June 23, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1990, 11:35 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0907° N, 95.6109° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0907&lon=-95.6109&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1792Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1792Q-2000-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900623021879A

## Narrative

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

ON SECOND SOLO BALLOONED ON LANDING,DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY, LANDED ONE WHEEL ON GRASS. UNABLE TO RECOVER,HIT A DITCH.

## 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 FTW90LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA124), Jun 23, 1990: Cessna 150L (N1792Q), Tomball, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: STUDENT PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND PROPER ALIGNMENT WITH TIMELY MANNER AFTER A BOUNCED LANDING. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PRESENCE OF A RIGHT QUARTERING HEADWIND.

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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