# Accident 20150924023459A: Pierce Henry BUSHBY MUSTANG II, Granbury, TX, September 24, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2015, 19:08 local time
- Place: Granbury, TX
- Airport: Granbury Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4389° N, 97.8136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4389&lon=-97.8136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N929DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N929DS-2019-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pierce Henry BUSHBY MUSTANG II (registry code 1690684, https://openairdocs.org/model/pierce-henry-bushby-mustang-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIERCE HENRY BUSHBY MUSTANG II
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,202 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA422](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA422) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150924023459A

## Narrative

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

I ARRIVED ON-SCENE AT 21:00 CDT, SEPTEMBER 24, 2015 AND WAS MET BY DPS TROOPER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HOOD COUNTY FIRE MARSHALL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. TROOPER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED THERE WERE TWO OCCUPANTS ON-BOARD AND THAT BOTH HAD SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE TROOPER PROVIDED THE NAME OF THE PILOT AS CASEY BUSSETT, DOB JUNE 9, 1975, AND PASSENGER CHAD HUGHES, DOB AUGUST 5, 1980.

THE REMAINS WERE TRANSPORTED BY WILEY FUNERAL HOME, GRANBURY, TX TO THE TARRANT COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER?S OFFICE LOCATED AT 200 FELIKS GWOZDZ DR., FORT WORTH, TX.

I CHECKED THE FLIGHT CONTROL CABLES AND RODS NEAR THE EMPENNAGE AND FOUND SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND FIRE DAMAGE IN THE AREA DIRECTLY BEHIND THE FLIGHT CREW POSITIONS. CONTINUITY IF THE CONTROL CABLES FORWARD OF THE REAR BULKHEAD COULD NOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO THE DAMAGE BUT AFT OF THE BULKHEAD ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS DID APPROPRIATELY RESPOND TO MANUAL INPUT.

WITNESSES: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PROVIDED STATEMENTS WHICH CONSISTENTLY INDICATED THEY SAW THE AIRCRAFT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE PITCH AND ROLL TO THE RIGHT NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT. FROM THEIR LOCATION THE AIRCRAFT?S ORIENTATION AT THE TIME OF IMPACT COULD NOT BE SEEN BUT THEY ALL STATED THEY SAW THE FIRE, SMOKE, AND HEARD THE IMPACT.

VIDEO SURVEILLANCE CAMERA FOOTAGE SUPPORTS THE WITNESS STATEMENTS REGARDING THE AIRCRAFT PITCHING UPWARD NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT MOMENTARILY DISAPPEARS FROM VIEW THEN RETURNS WITH A LOWER ANGLE OF ATTACK DESCENDING INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH FOLLOWED BY AN EXPLOSION.

FATAL INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY BOTH OCCUPANTS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CEN15FA422](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA422), Sep 25, 2015: Pierce, Henry Bushby Mustang II (N929DS), Granbury, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack resulting in an aerodynamic stall and collision with terrain.

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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