# Accident 20031112031319A: Cessna 152, Mineral Wells, TX, November 12, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2003, 01:30 local time
- Place: Mineral Wells, TX
- Airport: Mineral Wells Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7686° N, 98.0600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7686&lon=-98.0600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95604, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95604-2004-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 153 total, 138 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031112031319A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 FTW04LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA020), Nov 12, 2003: Cessna 152 (N95604), Mineral Wells, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

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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