- Date
- June 6, 1988, 18:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19880606018412A19880606018411A
- Case key
- 22271
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
Mooney N231QB was involved in a midair collision with Cessna N96957 while both aircraft were landing at the uncontrolled west Houston-lakeside airport. The Mooney aircraft was returning on a straight-in approach. The pilots of the Cessna aircraft were in the rectangular pattern practicing touch-and-go landings. The Mooney was above and overtaking the Cessna. The collision occurred while both aircraft were in the landing flares. The Mooney's propeller severed the empennage of the Cessna. The Cessna nosed up into an inverted attitude and struck the tail of the Mooney before crashing on the runway. The Mooney made a safe landing. The Mooney second pilot stated later that the pilot (Mooney) was high and slipped the aircraft for the majority of the final preventing the second pilot from seeing forward and down. The Mooney pilots did not note the announced position of the Cessna in the traffic pattern or a warning from another pilot that there were two acft landing on the active rwy.
Cessna N96957 was involved in a midair collision with Mooney N231QB while both aircraft were landing at the uncontrolled west Houston-lakeside airport. The pilots of the Cessna aircraft were in the rectangular pattern practicing touch-and-go landings. The Mooney aircraft was returning on a straight-in approach after an instrument training flight. The Mooney was above and overtaking the Cessna. The collision occurred while both aircraft were in the landing flares. The Mooney's propeller severed the empennage of the Cessna. The Cessna nosed up into an inverted attitude and struck the tail of the Mooney before crashing on the runway. The Mooney made a safe landing. The Mooney second pilot stated later that the pilot (Mooney) was high and slipped the aircraft for the majority of the final preventing the second pilot from seeing forward and down. The Mooney pilots did not note the announced position of the Cessna in the traffic pattern or a warning from another pilot that there were two acft lndg.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N96957
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172761138
- Airframe hours
- 2,339
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Roy Macneill, doing business as Woody Leskikar Aircrat Sales
- Registered owner
- William W. Voight
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 18, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- IWS
- Destination
- IWS
- Airport
- IWS · West Houston-Lakeside, runway 15, 3,955 × 75 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.
- Registration
- N231QB
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 250237
- Airframe hours
- 1,310
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-GB, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ernest Wilson
- Registered owner
- Beamalloy, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1987 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- IWS
- Destination
- IWS
- Airport
- IWS · West Houston-Lakeside, runway 15, 3,955 × 75 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N96957
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 4,900 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N231QB
- Age
- 58
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 22,626 total · 19 in this make and model · 95 as pilot in command · 193 in the last 90 days · 72 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DWH, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.