OpenAirDocs.org

20031112031319A

Accident · Destroyed
Open the Markdown

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Mineral Wells, TX · November 12, 2003

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
November 12, 2003 · 01:30 local
Place
Mineral Wells, TX
Airport
Mineral Wells Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N95604
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW04LA020
Reported as
Cessna 152
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
153 total138 in this make and model51 in the last 90 days
N95604Registration cancelled Feb 20, 2004 · Cessna 152S/N 15285935 · Built 1984Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On 11/12/03 at approximately 0130 central standard time, a Cessna 152, N95604, s/n 15285935, registered to Texas state technical college, and operated by Mr. William simmons, a private pilot certificate #2735945 and one passenger privacy data omitted, impacted runway 13 at Mineral Wells Airport Mineral Wells Texas following an attempted takeoff. The flight began as a 14 CFR part 91 instructional flight, departing waco Texas at approximately 1830 central standard time on 11/11/03. The aircraft arrived at addison Texas at approximately 1915 as planned. Witnesses at the airport at Mineral Wells said that the aircraft arrived at approximately 2200 central standard time. A written statement by a witness, privacy data omitted stated that she had dropped the two men off at the airport at approximately 0100 11/12/03 and watched the aircraft take off. She stated that the aircraft taxied to the end of the runway, started to take off and then came straight down nose first. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the flight. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot william simmons and passenger privacy data omitted, were seriously injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 11/12/03 AT APPROXIMATELY 0130 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 152, N95604, S/N 15285935, REGISTERED TO TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE, AND OPERATED BY MR. WILLIAM SIMMONS, A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE #2735945 AND ONE PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^, IMPACTED RUNWAY 13 AT MINERAL WELLS AIRPORT MINERAL WELLS TEXAS FOLLOWING AN ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF. THE FLIGHT BEGAN AS A 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, DEPARTING WACO TEXAS AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME ON 11/11/03. THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT ADDISON TEXAS AT APPROXIMATELY 1915 AS PLANNED. WITNESSES AT THE AIRPORT AT MINERAL WELLS SAID THAT THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 2200 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. A WRITTEN STATEMENT BY A WITNESS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED STATED THAT SHE HAD DROPPED THE TWO MEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 0100 11/12/03 AND WATCHED THE AIRCRAFT TAKE OFF. SHE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY, STARTED TO TAKE OFF AND THEN CAME STRAIGHT DOWN NOSE FIRST. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT WILLIAM SIMMONS AND PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^, WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB FTW04LA020Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMineral Wells, TXthe pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall.Nov 12, 2003 · Substantial damage