# NTSB FTW86LRA05: Cessna 172, N98523, Tomball, TX, January 24, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 24, 1986, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Tomball, TX
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEML (DWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&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): 22125
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LRA05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22125/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LRA05

## 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
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98523-2007-06-26), registration cancelled 2007-06-26, S/N 17276305, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17276305
- Airframe hours: 131
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860124001339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860124001339A), Jan 24, 1986: Cessna 172P, Tomball, TX, Substantial damage. During touch and go directional control was lost. Departed runway, nose gear sank into mud, aircraft flipped 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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