Senior Aero Sport D-260 accident near Mc Kinney, Texas, September 3, 2004
On September 3, 2004 at about 2:00 pm local time, a Senior Aero Sport D-260, an amateur-built aircraft,, registered N89JJ, was substantially damaged in an accident near Mc Kinney, Texas (Aero Country Airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot's failure to obtain and maintain proper alignment with the runway centerline during the landing roll.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 3, 2004 · about 2:00 pm local time · cases in 2004
- Place
- Mc Kinney, Texas · Aero Country Airport · cases near this airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Senior Aero Sport D-260, amateur-built
- Registration
- N89JJ · registry record · serial 10
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The 827-hour pilot reported that during landing roll on the first 1,000 feet of a 4,305-foot long and 40-foot wide grass/asphalt runway, while transitioning from the grass surface to the asphalt surface, the right main landing gear struck a culvert underneath a taxiway connecting the runway to a parallel taxiway, approximately two feet from the right edge of the runway.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 827 hours in all; 10 in this make and model; 58 in the last 90 days; 21 in the last 30 days; 752 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: October 24, 2003
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: rear
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 1,372 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, April 6, 2004; 14 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,350 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming GO-435-C2 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: 5TX0 Lake Dallas TX at 1:45 pm
- Destination: T31 Mckinney TX
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 17, 4,305 ft by 40 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: at 3 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 81°F (27°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N89JJ on the register today · the tail number may have moved to another aircraft since
- Engine: Lycoming GO-435-C2 2 aircraft carry this series today · as the NTSB recorded it
- Aero Country Airport · nearest airport
- Hidden Valley Airpark · departed from
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,244 since 1982 · 1,061 in the last ten years
- Texas 29,985 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/FTW04CA233.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
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