Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Weiser Air Park Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Cypress, Texas 77429
Saturday, January 31, 2009 13:55 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
A flight instructor was having his student practice hovering and "hovering auto" maneuvers in a Robinson R-22 in preparation for his upcoming flight check. They air-taxied to the runway and announced on the common traffic advisory frequency that they were departing. They made a "quick stop" and then announced that they were "on the go." The pilot of a T-6G said that she announced that they were departing. The helicopter was over the grass and slightly to the left of the runway when its main rotor blades struck the left wing tip of the airplane. The helicopter spun around and struck the ground. The pilot of the other airplane remained in the traffic pattern and landed. A video of the collision showed the helicopter visible to the extreme left of the airplane’s nose, forward of the left wing, just as its pilot reported "on the go again." The helicopter appeared to be in a nose-low attitude flying just above the taxiway to the left of the aircraft. The T-6G appeared to be in a level flight attitude just left of runway centerline. The helicopter impacted the ground and the T-6G flew a left-closed pattern, returned and landed on the takeoff runway.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Both pilot's failure to see and avoid the other aircraft.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 1/31/2009 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1355 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | Cypress |
| Event State | TEXAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 77429 |
| Event Date Year | 2009 |
| Event Date Month | 1 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | Yes |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | -- |
| Event Location Latitude | 295607N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0953823W |
| Event Location Airport | Weiser Air Park |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | EYQ |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 137 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1353 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 360 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | DWH |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 152 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 10 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 22 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -7 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 240 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 9 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 15 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.23 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KDWH 311953Z 24009G15KT 10SM CLR 22/M07 A302 |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 4 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 26156 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA ASW ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 7 2009 9:18AM |
| User who most recently changed record | bowl |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N51KT | N226AP |
| NTSB Number | CEN09LA149A | CEN09LA149B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | Minor | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | NORTH AMERICAN | ROBINSON |
| Aircraft Model | T-6G | R22 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- | BETA |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 49-3266 | 4130 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 5800 | 1370 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Helicopter |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 | 2 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- | Oct 28 2008 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- | 96 |
| Airframe Hours | 8000 | 1595 |
| ELT Installed | Yes | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No | No |
| ELT Type | Unknown | Unknown |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Warbird Skyventures, Inc. | Anything's Possible Aviation, Inc. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 4901 Lakeridge Dr. | 3511 Silverside Rd., Suite 105 |
| Aircraft Owner City | Old Hickory | Wilmington |
| Aircraft Owner State | TN | DE |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 37138-1205 | 19810-4902 |
| Operator is an individual? | No | No |
| Operator Name | Warbird Skyventures, Inc. | Anything's Possible Aviation, Inc. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | No |
| Operator Street Address | 4901 Lakeridge Dr. | -- |
| Operator City | Old Hickory | Tomball |
| Operator State | TN | TX |
| Operator Country | USA | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 37138-1205 | 77375 |
| Operator Code | -- | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- | -- |
| 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 | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | No |
| Departure Airport Code | EYQ | EYQ |
| Departure City | Cypress | Cypress |
| Departure State | TX | TX |
| Departure Country | USA | USA |
| Departure Time | 1355 | 1355 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | EYQ | EYQ |
| Destination City | Cypress | Cypress |
| Destination State | TX | TX |
| Destination Country | USA | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 10 2011 5:01PM | Sep 23 2009 9:43PM |
| User who most recently changed record | broda | scoa |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 27 | 27 |
| Runway Length | 3455 | 3455 |
| Runway Width | 40 | 40 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | Yes |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |