# Accident 19990529006181A: Mooney M20B, Mesquite, TX, May 29, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1999, 12:00 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Phil L Hudson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Location: 32.7310° N, 96.5610° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7310&lon=-96.5610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74706, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74706-2000-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20B (registry code 5870206, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99FA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990529006181A

## Narrative

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

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.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N96868, Cessna 172P: [Accident 19990529006182A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990529006182A)

## 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 FTW99FA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA153), May 29, 1999: Mooney M20B (N74706), Mesquite, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure by both pilots to maintain visual lookout. A factor was the inadequate radio communications maintained by both pilots while in the traffic pattern.

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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