# Accident 20220408005179A: Cessna 172M, Spring, TX, April 8, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2022, 19:02 local time
- Place: Spring, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Air
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1141U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1141U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 83 total, 5 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220408005179A

## Narrative

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

AN INDIVIDUAL WAS LANDINGS AT DWH ON 4/8/22 WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT HAD ~90 TOTAL HOURS AND STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO PRACTICE CROSSWIND LANDINGS.  THE WINDS WERE APPROXIMATELY 12KTS SUSTAINED GUSTING TO 21KTS COMING FROM 40 DEGREES LEFT OF RUNWAY HEADING.  AT 20? ABOVE TOUCHDOWN A WIND GUST PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT WELL RIGHT OF CENTERLINE AND THE PILOT CONSIDERED GOING AROUND, BUT CORRECTED BACK TO CENTER AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE LANDING.  JUST AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR, THERE WAS ANOTHER GUST WHICH FORCED THE RIGHT MAIN DOWN WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL SIGNIFICANTLY CRABBED INTO THE WIND (TO THE LEFT).  BECAUSE OF THE LARGE AMOUNT OF RUDDER INPUT AND ITS ALIGNMENT ON THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 35L AND TAXIWAY G.  AS SOON AS THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED TO GRASS BESIDE THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND.  THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER THE ALONG THE LATERAL AXIS AND COME TO REST ON THE TOP OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THIS RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE, VERTICAL FIN, WINGS, LANDING GEAR, AND STRUTS OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT, WHO WAS UNINJURED, SECURED THE ENGINE AND BATTERY AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN22LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA173), Apr 8, 2022: Cessna 172M (N1141U), Tomball, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain directional control during landing, which led to a runway excursion and nose-over of the airplane.

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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