# NTSB FTW82DA181: Cessna 172N, N734NR, Houston, TX, May 16, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: May 16, 1982, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Houston, TX
- Coordinates: 29.689411, -95.650985 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6894&lon=-95.6510&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 16, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71093
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA181
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71093/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA181

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal brake system - failure,partial (cause)
  - landing gear,normal brake system - locked (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ON LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SWERVE TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT BY APPLYING POWER, LEFT RUDDERAND BRAKE AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, ACROSS A TAXIWAY AND INTO A ROW OF PARKED AIRCRAFT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LEFT BRAKE PAD WAS MISSING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N734NR](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734NR), registered now, S/N 17268988, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17268988
- Airframe hours: 2572
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Norris Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Norris Aviation, Inc.
- Departed: T86, HOUSTON, TX
- Destination: T86, HOUSTON, TX
- Airport: T86, Lakeside, runway 15, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 85 total, 22 in this make and model, 46 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Temperature: 176 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820516016029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820516016029A), May 16, 1982: Cessna 172N, Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Brake malfunction on landing caused pilot to lose control. Airplane veered off runway into parked aircraft.

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.

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