# Accident 20051011024889A: Cessna 172R, Houston, TX, October 11, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2005, 09:15 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: 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: N94JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051011024889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10-11-2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 0915 LOCAL TIME AT DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT IN SPRING, TEXAS, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT IN AIRCRAFT N94JA, A CESSNA 172R, WHEN ON HIS THIRD TOUCH AND GO LANDING HE LOST CONTROL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 17R. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT JUST BEFORE TAXIWAY ECHO. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TAXI SIGN, CROSSED TAXIWAY ECHO, STRUCK THE HOLD SHORT SIGN 17R/35L, CONTINUED THROUGH A DITCH AND CROSSED OVER TAXIWAY FOXTROT AND THROUGH ANOTHER DITCH WHERE THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON IT'S BACK AND CAME TO REST. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. WEATHER WAS REPORTED BY THE CONTROL TOWER TO BE 050007 7 CLR 23/18 3000. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THIS 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N94JA (1)

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

- [Accident 20250205002139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250205002139A), Feb 5, 2025: Cessna 172R (N94JA), Fort Myers, FL, Substantial damage. On February 05, 2025 at 0845 EDT, a Cessna 172, [privacy data omitted], collided with a parked truck while taxiing at Page Field, kfmy, Fort Myers, Florida.…

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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