# NTSB FTW96LA364: Cessna 152, N89032, Spring, TX, August 17, 1996 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 17, 1996, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC) - Place: Spring, TX - Coordinates: 30.040199, -95.529434 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0402&lon=-95.5294&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 23, 1996 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 19961 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW96LA364 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/19961/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA364 ## Probable cause failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during a touch-and-go, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve, an encounter with soft terrain, and a nose over of the airplane. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - terrain condition - soft - Nose over, other ## Analysis According to the solo pilot, she had been cleared by her flight instructor to stay in the traffic pattern at the David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport to practice landings. After departing on runway 17L, she was cleared by the tower for a touch-and-go landing on runway 17R. According to the pilot, after touching down on runway 17R, she applied full power to initiate the takeoff phase of the touch-and-go. Control was lost, and the airplane departed the left side of the runway and went into grass. The pilot reported to an FAA inspector that she 'panicked and failed to close the throttle.' The nose landing gear sank in soft ground, and the airplane nosed over, collapsing the nose landing gear. ## Factual narrative On August 17, 1996, at 0830 central daylight time, a Cessna 152, N89032, was substantially damaged following a loss of control during takeoff near Spring, Texas. The airplane, owned by A.B. Aviation, was being operated by National Aviation Services Inc., of Spring, Texas, under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The student pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the solo instructional flight for which a flight plan was not filed. According to the solo pilot, she had been cleared by her flight instructor to stay in the traffic pattern at the David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport to practice landings. After departing on runway 17L, she was cleared by the tower for a touch and go landing on runway 17R. According to the pilot, after touching down on runway 17R, she applied full power to initiate the takeoff phase of the touch-and-go. Control was lost and the airplane departed the left side of the runway into the grass. The pilot reported to the FAA inspector that she "panicked and failed to close the throttle." The nose landing gear sank in the soft ground and the airplane nosed over, collapsing the nose landing gear. Examination of the airplane by the operator's maintenance personnel revealed structural damage to the engine firewall. The winds at the time of the accident were calm. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N89032](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89032-2013-02-01), registration cancelled 2013-02-01, S/N 15282603, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 152 - Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15282603 - Airframe hours: 6452 - Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Alice Bonds, doing business as National Aviation Services Inc - Registered owner: A.B. Aviation Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility - Last inspection: 100 hour, June 17, 1996, 96 hours before - Departed: DWH - Airport: DWH, David Wayne Hooks, runway 17, 7,000 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 36; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 7 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 75 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: DWH ## 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 19960817031309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960817031309A), Aug 17, 1996: Cessna 152, Houston, TX, Substantial damage. (.4) According to the solo pilot, she had been cleared by her flight instructor to stay in the traffic pattern at the David Wayne Hooks memorial airport to… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.