- Date
- August 12, 1984, 10:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Tomball, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N802DMCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840812040009A
- Case key
- 21423
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Before takeoff 2 paxs boarded so the instructor could demonstrate to the student the effect that additional weight has on acft handling on water. According to the instructor the acft would not become airborne during takeoff. The acft overran the waterway, went over an embankment and onto a land mass where it nosed over. The student started thetakeoff run and the instructor took over when he realized that the acft was not lifting off. The waterway was 2600 ft long. Tailwind of 5 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N802DM
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504006
- Airframe hours
- 1,793
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Mort Hall Avn.
- Registered owner
- Diamond M. Drilling Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DWH · Tomball, TX
- Airport
- DWH · David Wayne Hooks, runway 17, 2,600 × 100 ft, water
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,756 total · 33 in this make and model · 3,528 as pilot in command · 158 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.