# Accident 20000420043369A: Mooney M20C, Newport, RI, April 20, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2000, 17:15 local time
- Place: Newport, RI
- Airport: Newport State Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FRGA
- Location: 41.5324° N, 71.2815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWPORT STATE (UUU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5324&lon=-71.2815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9187V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9187V-2002-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000420043369A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE ACCIDENT INVOLVED A MOONEY, MODEL M20C, REGISTRATION NUMBER N9187V. THE AIRCRAFT IS ON A PART 135 CERTIFICATE FOR QUONSET AIRWAYS, CERTIFICATE # FRGA996D. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED IN A PART 91 CAPACITY FOR PERSONAL USE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT NEWPORT STATE AIRPORT, NEWPORT, RI, ON 4/20/2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 1715 HOURS EDT. PILOT AND PASSENGER (CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT) STATED THAT THEY UNCOVERED, UNTIED THE AIRCRAFT, BOTH CONDUCTED A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT INSPECTION INCLUDING SUMPING BOTH FUEL TANKS, PULLED CENTER DRAIN, CHECKED OIL, AND PERFORMED RUN-UP. ALL NORMAL. AIRCRAFT BACK TAXIED ON RUNWAY 16 FOR A TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 16. TAKE-OFF ROLL WAS INITIATED, BOOST PUMP ON, FUEL SELECTOR ON LEFT TANK, LANDING LIGHT ON, FULL POWER, NORMAL ACCELERATION. ROTATED AT APPROXIMATELY 60-65 KNOTS AND AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE. WHEN AIRCRAFT REACHED APPROXIMATELY 80-100 FEET AGL AND APPROXIMATELY TO THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAYS 16 AND 22 THE ENGINE STOPPED SUDDENLY. PILOT STATED THAT HE PUSHED THE NOSE OVER TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED, NOTED THE TREES DIRECTLY AHEAD AND CHOSE TO ATTEMPT A LANDING IN THE GRASS TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY 16. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST SOMEWHAT PARALLEL TO RUNWAYS 22/4. PILOT STATED THAT HE SHUT FUEL SELECTOR TO OFF, SHUT THE BATTERY MASTER POWER TO OFF, REMOVED THE SEAT BELTS AND WITH THE PASSENGER, DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED FROM THE CRASH SITE AT APPROXIMATELY 2300 HOURS EDT AFTER PICTURES AND STATEMENTS WERE TAKEN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RESTING IN A DEPRESSION AND HEAVY RAINS WERE EXPECTED. DURING THE INVESTIGATION THE FUEL SUMPED FROM THE LEFT TANK CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 30% WATER, THE CARBURETOR BOWL CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 95% WATER, AND THE LINE TO THE CARBURETOR CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 75% WATER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC00LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA117), Apr 20, 2000: Mooney M20C (N9187V), Middletown, RI, substantial damage. Probable cause: an inadequate preflight inspection by the pilot which did not detect the water in the fuel tanks prior to departure.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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