- Date
- January 11, 1992, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bullhead City, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19920111000431A19920111000432A
- Case key
- 27541
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Probable cause
The pilot of the other aircraft inadvertently landing on the taxiway instead of the active runway.
The pilot landing on a taxiway instead of the active runway.
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
The pilot of a Mooney M20J, N7000L, landed on the taxiway instead of the active runway and collided with the Cessna T210M just as it was pulling out of a parking space to taxi for takeoff.
According to statements from both pilots and ground witnesses to the accident, the Mooney M20J, N7000L, mistakenly landed on a taxiway instead of the active runway. The Mooney then collided with a Cessna T210M, N732SY, which was just pulling out of a parking space onto the taxiway. The witnesses stated that the Mooney was traveling too fast to avoid the collision.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N7000L
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-0297
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Juan Alas
- Registered owner
- Juan Alas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 28, 1991
- Departed
- CPM · Compton, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Bullhead City, runway 17, 4,648 × 60 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
- N732SY
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061749
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeffrey G. Lane
- Registered owner
- Charles Dixon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- Bullhead City
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 N7000L
- Age
- 58
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,207 total · 40 in this make and model · 715 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N732SY
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,340 total · 124 in this make and model · 1,990 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.