Cessna 172M N1141U

Summary

On 8 April 2022 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N1141U, operated by Flight School Inc, was involved in an accident near Tomball, 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

8 April 2022 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Tomball, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

David Wayne Hooks Memorial Air (DWH)

Coordinates

30.0618, -95.5528

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N1141U

Category

Airplane

Year built

1976

Engines

1

Operator

Flight School Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN22LA173

Nobody was injured.

The pilot did not maintain directional control during landing, which led to a runway excursion and nose-over of the airplane.

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

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The pilot reported that the purpose of the flight was to gain experience operating the airplane in crosswind conditions. During landing, when the airplane was about 20 feet above the ground, a wind gust arrested the descent and pushed the airplane to the right of the runway centerline. The pilot corrected for the drift and re-established alignment with the runway centerline. When the airplane was a few feet above the runway, another wind gust resulted in the airplane contacting the runway with the left main landing gear. The pilot corrected with right rudder, but the side loading of the landing gear had altered the airplane’s runway alignment to the left and it went off the left side of the runway. The pilot attempted to correct with right rudder and right braking, but the nose wheel sunk into wet ground and the airplane nosed over, coming to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot indicated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. The pilot reported that the wind condition at the time of the landing was about 50 degrees left of runway heading at 13 kts gusting to 23 kts. The recorded weather observation about the time of the accident recorded wind about 20 degrees left of runway heading at 8 kts, gusting to 21 kts.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.