# Accident 19980526021372A: Mooney M20J, Lincoln, NE, May 26, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1998, 18:06 local time
- Place: Lincoln, NE
- Airport: Lincoln Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9093° N, 96.7895° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9093&lon=-96.7895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11498 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 250 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980526021372A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.4)N60HB LANDED ON RUNWAY 14 AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 17L ON TAXIWAY KILO. N11498 WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17L AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN LEFT ON KILO AND TO CONTACT GROUND CONTROL.  THE PILOT REPORTED HE CLEARED THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT GROUND CONTROL.  N60HB WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO CROSS RUNWAY 17L AND TO MONITOR GROUND CONTROL.  N60HB PROCEEDED ACROSS THE RUNWAY AND PRIOR TO CROSSING THE HOLD SHORT LINE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE PROPELLER FROM N60HB CONTACTED THE ELEVATOR OF N11498.  THE PILOT OF N60HB STATED THAT UPON CROSSING 17L SHE BEGAN AN 'S' TURN AT WHICH TIME SHE SAW N11498, BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID CONTACTING THE AIRPLANE.  SHE SAID THERE IS A CREST IN THE MIDDLE OF 17L AND SHE NEVER HEARD MENTION OF THE MOONEY ON EITHER THE TOWER OR GROUND CONTROL FREQUENCIES.                                                          (-23)MOONEY N11498 WAS STOPPED JUST CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY EDGE WHEN STRUCK FRIN THE REAR BY EAGLE II 60HB.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N60HB, Amtr EAGLE2: [Accident 19980526021371A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980526021371A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI98LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA177), May 26, 1998: Mooney M20J (N11498), Lincoln, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot of N60BH failed to maintain clearance with N11498. Factors associated with the accident were the diminished visual lookout due to the runway and the tail wheel configuration of N60HB, along…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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