# Accident 20091107021499A: Amtr HORNET, Bonham, TX, November 7, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2009, 08:00 local time
- Place: Bonham, TX
- Airport: Jones Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6203° N, 96.1722° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6203&lon=-96.1722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N651WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N651WA-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wicks Air Center HORNET (registry code 059003B, https://openairdocs.org/model/wicks-air-center-hornet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR HORNET
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 840 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091107021499A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 7, 2009, AT 0800 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A WICKS AIR CENTER, LLC HORNET, N651WA, IMPACTED THE GROUND NEAR JONES FIELD AIRPORT (F00) IN BONHAM, TEXAS.  WITNESSES REPORT WEATHER CONDITIONS OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND POST ACCIDENT FIRE ENSUED.  THE PILOT AND SOLE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED SOUTH FROM JONES FIELD AIRPORT RUNWAY 17 AND APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN RETURNING TO THE FIELD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED .35 MILES NE (015 DEG) FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 17 AAT JONES FIELD AIRPORT (F00).  THE PILOT WAS IDENTIFIED AS WILLIAM R. PEARSON.  WITNESSES REPORT SEEING THE AIRCRAFT FLY NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 78 AT A VERY LOW ALTITUDE, GOING IN AND OUT OF THE CLOUDS.  WITNESSES REPORT SEEING THE AIRCRAFT IN A LEFT BANK, NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE JUST BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NO IFR EQUIPPED.

## 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 CEN10LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA041), Nov 7, 2009: Wicks Air Center Hornet (N651WA), Bonham, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control shortly after takeoff due to spatial disorientation in fog and/or low-level clouds.

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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