# Accident 20031118032719A: Cessna 550, Mineral Wells, TX, November 18, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2003, 14:10 local time
- Place: Mineral Wells, TX
- Airport: Mineral Wells Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7814° N, 98.0600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7814&lon=-98.0600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N418MA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031118032719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 18, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:10 PM CST, A CESSNA CE-550-550 TURBOJET AIRCRAFT, N418MA, OWNED BY HAALO LTD., 400 SCHROEDER, WACO, TX 76710 WAS DESTROYED AFTER CONTACTING SLOPING TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 31 AT THE MINERAL WELLS AIRPORT (MWL), MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AND CAME TO REST LEFT OF RUNWAY 31. A POST CRASH FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE OCCUPANTS HAD EXITED THE AIRPLANE. THE CREW WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AFTER A PRACTICE SINGLE-ENGINE VOR APPROACH TO RUNWAY 31 WHEN THEY SAY THEY ENCOUNTERED WINDSHEAR. THE CREW REPORTED THAT THEY APPLIED FULL POWER TO BOTH ENGINES, BUT WERE UNABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE WINDSHEAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PILOTED BY JEFF ELTON COOK, COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 463199618, WHO WAS TAKING AND AIRCRAFT TYPE CHECKRIDE. ROBIN GARY SMITH, ATP NO. 1849286, WAS PILOT-IN-COMMAND. REPORTED WINDS FOR MWL AT 1953 ZULU WERE REPORTED TO BE 320 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS. THE CREW DID NOT RECEIVE A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM FLIGHT SERVICE.

## 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 FTW04FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA024), Nov 18, 2003: Cessna 550 (N418MA), Mineral Wells, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain control of the airplane while executing a simulated engine failure on final approach. A factor was the windshear.

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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