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FTW88DRA09

1988-04-18 · ANGLETON, Texas, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 7R9

N6915 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (MARK K HUNTINGTON EINDECKER), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO ENTER A RT BANK AND THEN A LEFT BANK TO A COURSE PARALLEL TO THE T/O RWY. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY OBSERVED TO ENTER A LEFT TURN WHICH STEEPENED AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER UNTIL GROUND IMPACT. ORIGINAL TURN WAS EXECUTED AT ABOUT 150' AGL. ACFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW, LEFT WING DOWN ATTITUDE. NO EVIDENCE OF PRE-IMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION. NOR WAS THERE ANY EVIDENCE OF PLT INCAPACITATION FOUND DURING THE SUBSEQUENT AUTOPSY AND TOXICOLOGY STUDIES. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_FTW88DRA09.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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