- Date
- January 24, 1986, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tomball, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98523Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860124001339A
- Case key
- 22125
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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
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - soft
Analysis
The acft veered off the left side of the rwy during landing. The nose wheel dug into mud and the acft nosed over. The plt said he was unable to correct the violent turn to the left.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98523
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276305
- Airframe hours
- 131
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Mort Hall Aviation
- Registered owner
- Fred Dennis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 9, 1985 · 31 hours before
- Airport
- DWH · David Wayne Hooks, runway 17L, 4,000 × 45 ft, asphalt
N98523Registration cancelled Jun 26, 2007 · Cessna 172PAirframe modelCessna 172PEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- 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.