# NTSB FTW84LA322: Cessna 152, N64896, Friendswood, TX, July 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 22, 1984, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Friendswood, TX
- Coordinates: 29.509347, -95.189575 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5093&lon=-95.1896&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21407
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA322
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21407/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA322

## 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
  - touch-and-go - initiated, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

DURING A TOUCH-&-GO LANDING, THE PLT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE ACFT AFTER HE APPLIED POWER TO TAKEOFF AGAIN. THE ACFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY, HIT A DITCH & NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N64896 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15281462
- Airframe hours: 1512
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: H & H Aviation
- Registered owner: D. Henderson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: T02, Clover, runway 14R, 4,300 × 70 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 11 total, 11 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HOU, 8 nm away

## 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 19840722034339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840722034339A), Jul 22, 1984: Cessna 152, Friendswood, TX, Substantial damage. Directional conrol lost on power application on runway. Left the runway, ran into a ditch and nosed over.

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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