# Incident 19990603006279I: Cessna 172M, Houston, TX, June 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1999, 13:15 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Sugar Land Municipal/Hull Field Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9708Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9708Q-2000-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990603006279I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING TOUCH AND GO LANDING AND STALLED. (-23) AFTER RETURNING FROM THE PRACTICE AREA THE STUDENT PILOT ELECTED TO PRACTICE LANDINGS. THE FIRST LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 17 AND UPON THE APPLICATION OF POWER TO COMPLETE THE TOUCH AND GO THE AIRCRAFT WENT TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. ONE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT WAS IMPACTED AND BENT OVER. THE AIRCRAFT HAD ROLLED AN ESTIMATED 150 YARDS BEFORE STOPPING IN THE GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY. THE NOSE WHEEL HAD BEEN SHEARED OFF AND THERE WAS SKIN DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE NOSE COWLING. THE FIREWALL APPEARED TO BE INTACT ALTHOUGH THE RIVET HOLES WHERE THE NOSE GEAR ATTACHED WERE ENLARGED.

## Other reports on N9708Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19791013052599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791013052599I), Oct 13, 1979: Cessna 172 (N9708Q), Stephens, AR, Minor damage. Pilot unable to extend flaps due to alternator failure. Landed long and fast.

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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