Cessna 152 N89032

Summary

On 17 August 1996 at about 13:30 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N89032, operated by Alice Bonds, was involved in an accident near Spring, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 August 1996 at 13:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Spring, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

David Wayne Hooks (DWH)

Coordinates

30.0402, -95.5294

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N89032

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Alice Bonds

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW96LA364

Nobody was injured.

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.