# NTSB FTW90LA076: Beech 76, N5433M, Mesquite, TX, March 4, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 3, 1990, 18:15 local (Mar 4, 1990, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Coordinates: 32.759624, -96.589897 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7596&lon=-96.5899&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 17, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23111
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW90LA076
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23111/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA076

## Probable cause

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR'S (CFI'S) POOR PLANNING/DECISION, AND HIS INADEQUATE SUPERVISON OF FLIGHT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, approach
  - 1 engine
  - miscellaneous - intentional, pilot in command(cfi)
  - propeller feathering - not performed
  - planning/decision - poor, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, dual student
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command(cfi)
  - aircraft control - not possible, pilot in command(cfi)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS ON AN INSTRUMENT TRAINING FLT WITH A PRIVATE RATED PLT (STUDENT) & AN INSTRUCTOR (CFI).  AFTER COMPLETING AN NDB APCH, THEY CIRCLED TO LAND ON RWY 35. THE STUDENT RPRTD THAT THE CFI MOVED THE RGT MIXTURE CTL TO IDLE CUTOFF. THE APCH WAS CONTINUED WITH THE RGT PROP WINDMILLING. THE ACFT WAS HIGH ON FINAL APCH & THE STUDENT ADJUSTED THE THROTTLE TO CORRECT THE SITUATION. HOWEVER, BEFORE LANDING, THE ACFT WENT TOO FAR TO THE RGT. THE CFI RPRTD THAT IT APPEARED THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO LAND ON THE RWY, SO HE TOOK THE CTLS TO MAKE A 2 ENG GO-AROUND. HOWEVER, THE ACFT BEGAN TO ROLL RGT. THE CFI SAID THAT WITH NO TIME TO DO ANYTHING ELSE, HE PUSHED THE YOKE FWD & THE ACFT HIT FLAT ON THE GND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5433M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5433M-1993-03-17), registration cancelled 1993-03-17, S/N ME35 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- Registry model: [Beech 76](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (registry code 1153005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5433M
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ari Ben Aviator, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: ADS, ADDISON, TX
- Destination: F42
- Airport: HQZ, Phil L Hudson Muni, runway 35, 5,006 × 75 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 1,273 total, 193 in this make and model, 1,059 as pilot in command, 212 in the last 90 days, 90 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19900303003039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900303003039A), Mar 3, 1990: Beech 76, Mesquite, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft rolled and crashed during simulated engine out landing approach.

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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