# Accident 20030308018929A: Cessna 150M, Houston, TX, March 8, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2003, 16:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Clover Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5214° N, 95.2422° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5214&lon=-95.2422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8994U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8994U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030308018929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) BECAUSE A BANNER TOW GROUND CREW WAS WORKING ON THE SW SIDE OF RWY 14L THE PIC TRIED TO LAND FAVORING THE NE SIDE OF THE RWY. THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY LANDED IN BETWEEN RWY 14L AND THE TAXIWAY CAUSING THE NOSEWHEEL TO HIT A SMALL DITCH. UPON IMPACT, PIC INITIATED A REJECTED LANDING, FLEW AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LANDED SUCCESSFULLY. THE RUNWAY, TAXIWAY, AND AREA IN BETWEEN ARE GRASS AND HAD RECENTLY BEEN MOWED TO THE SAME APPROXIMATE HEIGHT. NO CLEAR BOUNDARIES ARE MARKED FOR THE RUNWAY, TAXIWAY, AND AREA IN BETWEEN.

## 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 FTW03LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA119), Mar 8, 2003: Cessna 150 (N8994U), Pearland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain runway alignment. Contributing factors were the pilot's diverted attention to the banner staging area, and the ditch.

## Other reports on N8994U (1)

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

- [Incident 20011030039149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011030039149I), Oct 30, 2001: Cessna 150M (N8994U), Friendswood, TX. (-23) Police reports showed that eyewitnesses reported that an aircraft flew very low over two high school football stadiums during intramural scrimmages when…

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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