Cessna 172 N1458U

Summary

On 28 December 2007 at about 14:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N1458U, operated by MVP Aero Academy - Weiser Park, was involved in an accident near Houston, 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

28 December 2007 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Houston, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Weiser Air Park (EYQ)

Coordinates

29.9350, -95.6394

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N1458U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

MVP Aero Academy - Weiser Park

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Houston → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW08CA051

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A contributing factor was prevailing crosswind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was flying multiple visual patterns on a 40-foot wide asphalt runway. Winds were reported by the pilot as variable and gusting. The pilot stated that during the third touch-and-go, the wind shifted to a crosswind with a tailwind component. While reconfiguring for takeoff, the pilot perceived a faster than normal groundspeed. A gust of wind contacted the airplane's tail pushing the nose to the left. The pilot attempted to correct back to centerline but was hesitant to input an aggressive correction due to the faster than normal groundspeed. The left main gear ran off the runway onto the grass and the airplane departed the left side of the runway. The nose gear sank into mud and was separated. The nose gear strut dug into the muddy terrain and the airplane nosed over coming to rest in the inverted position. On a NTSB Form 6120.1, the pilot reported that the accident could have been prevented with a more aggressive rudder input.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.