W.P. Hobby Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Houston, Texas 77061
Sunday, February 6, 1983 18:17 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

AFTER LANDING ON RWY 31L, THE AIRCREW OF N100VV REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO TURN OFF TO THE RIGHT AT MIDFIELD ONTO RWY 22. THE REQUEST WAS APPROVED & THE AIRCREW WAS INSTRUCTED TO USE CAUTION FOR A CHEROKEE PROCEEDING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THE PLT OF N100VV STATED THAT AFTER HE TURNED RIGHT ONTO RWY 4/22 & WAS CLEAR OF THE CHEROKEE, HE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE TOWER TO ADVISE OF HIS INTENTIONS. HOWEVER, THE FREQ WAS TOO BUSY, SO HE SWITCHED TO THE GROUNDFREQ & TRANSMITTED THAT HE WAS 'OFF 31L, GOING TO ATLANTIC.' THIS TRANSMISSION ENDED JUST AS N100VV WAS ENTERING THE INTERSECTION OF RWYS 22 & 31R. JUST PRIOR TO THAT, N222WL HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RWY 31R & HAD BEGUN ITS TAKEOFF ROLL. N222WL WAS AT APRX 70 KTS WHEN ITS AIRCREW SAW N100VV STARTING TO CROSS THE ACTIVE RWY. THE PLT OF N222WL ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF & AVOID A COLLISION, BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR N100VV. N222WL CRASHED & SLID TO A STOP APRX 400 FT BEYOND THE IMPACT POINT WITH N100VV, THEN BURNED.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 2/6/1983
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1817
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City HOUSTON
Event State TEXAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 77061
Event Date Year 1983
Event Date Month 2
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? Yes
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport W.P. HOBBY
Event Location Nearest Airport ID HOU
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 48
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1825 Central Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID HOU
Elevation of weather observation facility 48
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation CST
Lighting Conditions Dusk
Lowest Ceiling Height 25000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 2500
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 7
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) -18
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 2
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 350
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 13
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 8
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2102
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 22451
Date of most recent change to record Apr 7 2001 12:43PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft #2

Aircraft Registration Number N100VV N222WL
NTSB Number FTW83AA104A FTW83AA104B
Missing Aircraft Indicator N N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? -- --
Damage Substantial Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None Ground
Aircraft Explosion None None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA CESSNA
Aircraft Model 550 550
Aircraft Series Identifier 550 550
Aircraft Serial Number 550-0143 550-208
Certified Max Gross Weight 11850 11850
Aircraft Category Airplane Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No No
Flight Crew Seats -- --
Cabin Crew Seats -- --
Passenger Seats -- --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 8 8
Number of Engines 2 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Oct 28 1982 12:00AM Jul 10 1982 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 31 46
Airframe Hours 731 547
ELT Installed No Yes
ELT Activated Unknown No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown Unknown
ELT Type -- --
Aircraft Owner Name EDWIN L. COX, JR. WEATHERFORD SERVICES INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address RT 4 P.O. BOX 27608
Aircraft Owner City ATHENS HOUSTON
Aircraft Owner State TX TX
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 75751 77027
Operator is an individual? -- --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As -- --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown Unknown
Operator Certificate Number -- --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not -- --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight -- --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail -- --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Business Business
Second Pilot on Board Yes Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No Yes
Departure Airport Code DAL
Departure City DALLAS
Departure State TX
Departure Country
Departure Time 0 0
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city --
Destination Airport Code LFT
Destination City LAFAYETTE
Destination State LA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Taxi Takeoff
Report sent to ICAO? -- --
Evacuation occurred -- --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
User who most recently changed record dbo dbo
Since inspection or accident -- --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 31L 31R
Runway Length 7600 5150
Runway Width 150 100
Sight Seeing flight No No
Air Medical Flight No No
Medical Flight -- --