# NTSB FTW88DRA13: Hudson Mustang II, N29WH, Tomball, TX, May 23, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 23, 1988, 12:14 local (17:14 UTC)
- Place: Tomball, TX
- Coordinates: 30.089294, -95.610778 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0893&lon=-95.6108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22482
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88DRA13
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22482/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DRA13

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN CONTROL WAS LOST DURING THE ROLLOUT AFTER LDNG WITH A 12 KNOT LEFT CROSSWIND. FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF CONTROL, THE ACFT VEERED LEFT OF THE RWY, STRUCK A RWY LT, HIT A DITCH, AND FLIPPED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29WH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29WH-1991-06-20), registration cancelled 1991-06-20, S/N WHA3 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUDSON MUSTANG II
- Registry model: [Hudson Walter MUSTANG II](https://openairdocs.org/model/hudson-walter-mustang-ii) (registry code 1690435) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: WHA-3
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-DIA 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robin Rice
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, July 4, 1987
- Departed: T05, FRIENDSWOOD, TX
- Destination: DWH
- Airport: DWH, David Wayne Hooks, runway 35L, 7,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,656 total, 90 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DWH

## 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 19880523022429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880523022429A), May 23, 1988: Amtrbb MUSTANG2, Tomball, TX, Substantial damage. Homebuilt weather vaned into a crosswind on landing roll struck runway lights a ditch and flipped inverted.

## Other investigations on N29WH (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 NYC90DNE02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90DNE02), Apr 1, 1990: Walter Hudson Mustang 2 (N29WH), Westfield, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: AN ENCOUNTER WITH WAKE TURBULENCE FROM A PRECEDING AIRPLANE. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S DECISION TO TAKEOFF CLOSE BEHIND THE PRECEEDING AIRPLANE.

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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