# NTSB FTW90LA127: Cessna 172, N8190X, Houston, TX, June 29, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 29, 1990, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Houston, TX
- Coordinates: 29.829729, -95.659118 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8297&lon=-95.6591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23146
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW90LA127
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23146/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA127

## Probable cause

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

## 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)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT SAID HE WAS ON HIS THIRD TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING WHEN HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THROUGH A FENCE, THEN A DITCH, AND FLIPPED FORWARD TO THE INVERTED POSITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8190X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8190X-1993-03-12), registration cancelled 1993-03-12, S/N 17248690 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (registry code 2072406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17248690
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Riddle, Harold C.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: IWS
- Airport: IWS, West Houston Lakeside, runway 15, 3,955 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,300 ft broken
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 73 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900629028379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900629028379A), Jun 29, 1990: Cessna 172B, Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing during touch and go,ran off runway through fence and into a ditch, 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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