- Date
- September 5, 1987, 17:42 local (22:42 UTC)
- Place
- Waller, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5590QMooney M-20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870905077539A
- Case key
- 22274
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
It was reported that a private pilot was receiving instrument flight instructions from a CFI when the accident occurred. However, the CFI stated that he was invited by the pvt plt to go with him on a short flight and that he was only a passenger. During the flight, the pvt plt reportedly started doing slow flight maneuvers at 3000 feet MSL. According to the CFI the pvt plt made several flight control inputs which terminated with the aircraft being in an inverted spin. When the pvt plt made no attempts to recover, the CFI made the announcement that he had the aircraft. He stated that the pvt plt had a completely blank look on his face and would not let go of the controls. He made the announcement again with the same response. He then fought the pvt plt until he gained control. However, it was too late to avoid impact with trees, which resulted in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5590Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2984
- Airframe hours
- 1,582
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack H. Kehoe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 22, 1987 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- DWH · Tomball, TX
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 781 total · 25 in this make and model · 774 as pilot in command · 119 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.