- Date
- May 6, 1986, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Abilene, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9538VMooney M-10
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860506016169A
- Case key
- 22021
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on final approach for runway 17 at elmdale airpark, Abilene, TX, the student pilot lost control of the aircraft when he flared the aircraft and it began to descend. The student attempted to pull back on the wheel, causing the aircraft to enter a stall at approximately four or five feet above the ground. It wasn't until this point that the instructor took the controls. Without sufficient airspeed and altitude, the aircraft collided with the ground, short of runway 17.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9538V
- Reported as
- Mooney M-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 700028
- Airframe hours
- 1,406
- Engine
- Continental C90-16F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Elmdale Airpark Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 12, 1985 · 41 hours before
- Airport
- 6F4 · Elmdale Airpark, runway 17, 3,000 × 30 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 11,500 total · 15 in this make and model · 8,500 as pilot in command · 129 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABI, 5 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.