- Date
- April 4, 1982, 11:52 local (17:52 UTC)
- Place
- Tomball, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6374FCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820404008179A
- Case key
- 72831
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Flight controls - improperCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - softFactor
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentFactor
Nose down
Analysis
The student pilot lost control of the aircraft during a practice touch and go landing. The aircraft swerved off the left side of runway into a plowed area and nosed down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6374F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273209
- Airframe hours
- 905
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Rex Moss
- Registered owner
- David L. Salmon
- Departed
- DWH · Tomball, TX
- Destination
- DWH · Tomball, TX
- Airport
- DWH · David Wayne Hooks, runway 17, 5,465 × 112 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 8 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft broken
- Observed at
- DWH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.