North American TB-25N accident near Wichita Falls, Texas, September 19, 1988
On September 19, 1988, a North American TB-25N, registered N9079Z, was substantially damaged in an accident near Wichita Falls, Texas (Kickapoo Downtown airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 19, 1988
- Place
- Wichita Falls, Texas · Kickapoo Downtown · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- North American TB-25N · all TB-25Ns on the register
- Registration
- N9079Z · registry record · serial 44-30734
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
DURING A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN AT DUSK, THE B-25 PLT LANDED ON A 4250 FT RWY. WHILE LANDING, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN LONG & FAST. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WENT OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY & WAS DAMAGED.
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: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 23,000 hours in all; 1,100 in this make and model; 30 in the last 90 days; 18 in the last 30 days; 21,000 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 250 hours
- Last inspection: approved inspection programme, March 28, 1988; 70 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 34,000 lb
- Seats: 7
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Curtis Wright R-2000-35 (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Bom Corporation
The flight
- Departed from: SAF Santa Fe NM at 10:00 pm
- Flight plan: VFR then IFR
- Runway 35, 4,250 ft by 45 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: dusk
- Wind: from 090° at 11 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Sky: overcast at 3,000 ft; scat at 1,300 ft
- Temperature: 73°F (23°C), dew point 73°F (23°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
Other NTSB records under N9079Z the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number FTW88DPA08.