# Accident 20040928022499A: Cessna 172H, Houston, TX, September 28, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2004, 12:55 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: West Houston-Lakeside Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8183° N, 95.6767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8183&lon=-95.6767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N189W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N189W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 52 total, 52 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04CA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04CA245) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040928022499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT IN THE CESSNA WAS RETURNING TO THE EYQ AIRPORT ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AND SAID HIS "ANXIETY LEVEL WAS MAXED OUT" BECAUSE HE WAS "TOTALLY LOST". AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AT THE IWS AIRPORT, EYEWITNESS REPORTS AND SECURITY SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AT THE IWS AIRPORT SHOWS THAT THE STUDENT PILOT WAS TAXIING THE CESSNA (HEADING 150 DEGREES) ON THE FBO PARKING RAMP AT 15.78 MPH WHEN THE CESSNA STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED PILATUS PC-12-45 TURBOPROP AIRPLANE WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP (HEADING 240 DEGREES). THE LEFT WINGTIP OF THE CESSNA STRUCK THE PILATUS JUST BELOW THE CO-PILOT'S WINDSHIELD, THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CESSNA LEFT WING THEN STRUCK THE PROPELLER OF THE PILATUS AND THE IMPACT PULLED THE CESSNA AROUND TO A FINAL RESTING HEADING OF 030 DEGREES WITH THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE STILL IN CONTACT WITH THE PILATUS PROPELLER AND THE PROPELLER OF THE CESSNA LESS THAN 12 INCHES FROM THE FORWARD FUSELAGE OF THE PILATUS. THE FBO LINEMAN WHO ARRIVED AT THE PILOT'S DOOR WITHIN LESS THAN 60 SECONDS SAID THAT THE ENGINE "WAS STILL RUNNING AT FULL RPM" UNTIL HE YELLED AT THE CESSNA PILOT TO "SHUT IT DOWN". NO INJURIES--SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE CESSNA--UNKNOWN DAMAGE TO THE PILATUS.

## 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 FTW04CA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04CA245), Sep 28, 2004: Cessna 172H (N189W), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a parked aircraft while taxiing. A contributing factor was the student pilot's anxiety attack.

## Other reports on N189W (1)

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

- [Incident 20230213002359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230213002359I), Feb 13, 2023: Cessna 172H (N189W), Council Grove, KS, No damage. Aircraft was in cruise at about 5,500 ft altitude. Engine started loosing power. Pilot declared an emergency and landed uneventfully in a pasture. Engine was…

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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