# Accident 20141108020009A: Mosier Robert S MOSQUITO XET, Angleton, TX, November 8, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2014, 10:00 local time
- Place: Angleton, TX
- Airport: Bailes Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1650° N, 95.4011° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1650&lon=-95.4011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N922RM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N922RM-2018-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mosier Robert S MOSQUITO XET (registry code 05630GN, https://openairdocs.org/model/mosier-robert-s-mosquito-xet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOSIER ROBERT S MOSQUITO XET
- Reported engine: INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER SOLAR T-62T-2A1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,859 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141108020009A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS IN A CLIMB ON THE CROSSWIND PATTERN AND ENCOUNTERED A SHUDDER IN THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT STATED HE IMMEDIATAELY ENTERED AN AUTOROTATION WITH POWER ON AND TURNED BACK TOWARD THE AIRFIELD.  DURING THE DESCENT THE PILOT ADDED COLLECTIVE TO EXTEND THE GLIDE OVER TREES TO GET TO THE AIRPORT.  HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT SKIDS CLEARED THE TREES BY A FEW FEET AND THEN HE ADDED AFT CYCLIC TO FLARE WHICH LOWERED THE TAIL ROTOR.  THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK A TREE AND THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO SPIN AND IMPACTED THE GROUND SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL COMING TO A REST ON AN EASTERLY HEADING ON THE TAXIWAY.  THE PILOT EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  THE POST CRASH INVESTIGATION REVEALED EXCESSIVE BURNING AND DEFORMATION OF A CLUTCH MECHANISM IN THE DRIVETRAIN AND IS UNDER FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THE NTSB.

## 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 CEN15LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA042), Nov 8, 2014: Mosier Robert S Mosquito XET (N922RM), Angleton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from trees during a precautionary landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection during which he failed to…

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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