What happened
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Mid-air collision between a Mooney (N74706) and a Cessna 172 (N96868) at Mesquite metro airport. The Mooney has 2 POB, 1 fatal, 1 critical. Cessna had 2 POB, no fatal. Airport does not have a control tower. (-23)privacy data omitted was in the traffic pattern at hqz at the time when another aircraft, a Cessna 172, was conducting an instrument approach to the same runway. Both aircraft made recommended radio calls, but privacy data omitted acknowledged no calls. When the Cessna was at 200' AGL and both occupants were looking outside the aircraft, privacy data omitted Mooney collided with the other aircraft from the left and above. The Mooney then went inverted and plunged to the ground in a near-vertical attitude. The Cessna was semi-controllable and crashed to the left of the extended runway center line. Both persons in the Mooney sustained fatal injuries. The Cessna occupants sustained minor abrasions.
As the FAA filed it
MID-AIR COLLISION BETWEEN A MOONEY (N74706) AND A CESSNA 172 (N96868) AT MESQUITE METRO AIRPORT. THE MOONEY HAS 2 POB, 1 FATAL, 1 CRITICAL. CESSNA HAD 2 POB, NO FATAL. AIRPORT DOES NOT HAVE A CONTROL TOWER. (-23)^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT HQZ AT THE TIME WHEN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, A CESSNA 172, WAS CONDUCTING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO THE SAME RUNWAY. BOTH AIRCRAFT MADE RECOMMENDED RADIO CALLS, BUT ^PRIVACY DATA^ ACKNOWLEDGED NO CALLS. WHEN THE CESSNA WAS AT 200' AGL AND BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE LOOKING OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA ^ MOONEY COLLIDED WITH THE OTHER AIRCRAFT FROM THE LEFT AND ABOVE. THE MOONEY THEN WENT INVERTED AND PLUNGED TO THE GROUND IN A NEAR-VERTICAL ATTITUDE. THE CESSNA WAS SEMI-CONTROLLABLE AND CRASHED TO THE LEFT OF THE EXTENDED RUNWAY CENTER LINE. BOTH PERSONS IN THE MOONEY SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE CESSNA OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED MINOR ABRASIONS.
NTSB investigation
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Other aircraft in the event · 1
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