# Accident 20190328002109A: Cessna 172S, Spring, TX, March 28, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2019, 15:35 local time
- Place: Spring, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0617° N, 95.5528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0617&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N494JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N494JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 197 total, 83 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190328002109A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING NORTHWARD ON TAXIWAY ?M? TOWARDS TAXIWAY ?J?. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ACROSS THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAYS ?M? AND ?J?. THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OFF THE EDGE OF THE TARMAC AND CONTINUED INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH THAT WENT UNDER THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY SWERVED 90 DEGREES AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE DITCH.

## 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 CEN19LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA113), Mar 28, 2019: Cessna 172 (N494JB), Spring, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane directional control while taxiing at an unsafe ground speed.

## Other reports on N494JB (1)

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

- [Incident 20180217005209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180217005209I), Feb 17, 2018: Cessna 172S (N494JB), Spring, TX, Minor damage. Student pilot states he was performing multiple solo touch and goes at dwh airport on runway 17R. During the last touch and go, he thought he had touched down,…

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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