# Accident 19960817031309A: Cessna 152, Houston, TX, August 17, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1996, 08:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0402° N, 95.5294° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0402&lon=-95.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89032, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89032-2013-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA364](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA364) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960817031309A

## Narrative

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

(.4) ACCORDING TO THE SOLO PILOT, SHE HAD BEEN CLEARED BY HER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO STAY IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT THE DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT TO PRACTICE LANDINGS. AFTER DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 17L, SHE WAS CLEARED BY THE TOWER FOR A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 17R. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY 17R, SHE APPLIED FULL POWER TO INITIATE THE TAKEOFF PHASE OF THE TOUCH-AND-GO. CONTROL WAS LOST, AND THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND WENT INTO GRASS. THE PILOT REPORTED TO AN FAA INSPECTOR THAT SHE 'PANICKED AND FAILED TO CLOSE THE THROTTLE.' THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SANK IN SOFT GROUND, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER, COLLAPSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.                                                (-23) ON 08/17/96, A STUDENT PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF A CE-152, N89032, WAS CLEARED BY HER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO PRACTICE LANDINGS AT THE DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT. UPON DEPARTING RWY 17L, SHE WAS CLEARED BY THE TOWER FOR A TOUCH & GO LANDING ON RWY 17R. AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON 17R, SHE APPLIED FULL POWER, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. THE PILOT INDICATED AT THAT TIME SHE PANICKED AND FAIL ED TO CLOSE THE THROTTLE. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. WX WAS VFR/WIND CALM.

## 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 FTW96LA364](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA364), Aug 17, 1996: Cessna 152 (N89032), Spring, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during a touch-and-go, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve, an encounter with soft terrain, and a nose over of the…

## Other reports on N89032 (1)

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

- [Incident 20040518024619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040518024619I), May 18, 2004: Cessna 152 (N89032), Harlingen, TX. (-23) On a VFR flight from tomball, Texas (dwh) to mcallen, Texas (mfe) the pilot in command stated that she changed her destination to Harlingen, Texas due to…

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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