Student Pilot Crashes Into Empty Pond Near Hooks Airport
A student pilot running flight patterns crashed Tuesday into an empty retention pond outside Hooks Airport, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers said.
The pilot, who was not injured, lost control of the rudder of the Cessna 172 aircraft and crashed in the pond behind a subdivision, Sgt. Richard Standifer said. He was not injured.
The plane belonged to a flight school, of which the pilot was a student, Standifer said. Flight records show the plane is registered to 100 Knots LLC.
Planes continued to take off and land at the Tomball area airport as authorities investigated the crash. The airport is about 23 miles north of Houston.
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