# NTSB FTW82DA114: Rockwell 690A, N9101F, Conroe, TX, March 24, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 23, 1982, 19:40 local (Mar 24, 1982, 01:40 UTC)
- Place: Conroe, TX
- Coordinates: 30.320133, -95.469909 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3201&lon=-95.4699&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 23, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70328
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70328/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA114

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, circling (ifr)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - underconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS TOO HIGH ON AN IFR APPROACH AND ELECTED TO CIRCLE AND LAND. DURING THE TURN HE COLLIDED WITH TREES BUT CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND LANDED. THE LEFT WING AND STABILIZER WERE DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9101F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL 690A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 11152
- Airframe hours: 2337
- Engines: AIRESEARCH TPE-331-5251K 717 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Magnum Marine Corporation
- Registered owner: Ken White
- Departed: CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
- Destination: CONROE, TX
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: CXO, Montgomery County, runway 14, 4,600 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 6,650 total, 32 in this make and model, 6,330 as pilot in command, 120 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,900 ft overcast
- Temperature: 138 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CRP, 210 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820323008339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820323008339A), Mar 23, 1982: Gulstm 690A, Conroe, TX, Substantial damage. Wing struck trees while circling to land under a low ceiling. Airplane landed safely. Pilot was terminated.

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.

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