# Accident 19990529006182A: Cessna 172P, 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, second 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: N96868, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96868-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- 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/19990529006182A

## Narrative

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

MIDAIR BETWEEN CISSNA 172 (N96868) AND MOONEY M20B (N74706) AT NON-TOWERED AIRPORT. (-23)^PRIVACY DAT^ WITH HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, WAS EXECUTING AN ILS APPROACH TO HQZ.  AT ALG, HE REMOVED THE HOOD AND CONFIGURED THE FLAPS FOR LANDING.  THE CESSNA AIRCRAFT HE WAS OPERATING WAS STRUCK BY A MOONEY N-20B, ALSO ON FINAL APPROACH FOR HQZ.  THE MOONEY LOST CONTROL AND HIT THE GROUND IN A NEAR-VERTICAL ATTITUDE, WITH BOTH OCCUPANTS SUSTAINING FATAL INJURIES.  THE CESSNA WAS MARGINALLY CONTROLLABLE AND CRASHED WITH MINOR INJURIES TO BOTH OCCUPANTS.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N74706, Mooney M20B: [Accident 19990529006181A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990529006181A)

## 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: Cessna 172P (N96868), 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.

## Other reports on N96868 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920912039839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920912039839I), Sep 12, 1992: Cessna 172P (N96868), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. Rough running engine en route. Precautionary landing. Found a sticking valve.
- [Accident 19910323007239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910323007239A), Mar 23, 1991: Cessna 172P (N96868), Wichita, KS, Substantial damage. CFI allowed student to attempt a takeoff in crosswind. Blown off runway into ditch.

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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