# Accident 20020825024649A: Mooney M20C, Warroad, MN, August 25, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2002, 14:30 local time
- Place: Warroad, MN
- Airport: Northwest Angle
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 49.3517° N, 95.0717° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=49.3517&lon=-95.0717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9274V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9274V-2003-09-04) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020825024649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE DEPARTING FROM A 2400 FOOT GRASS STRIP, WHICH IS LOCATED IN A HEAVILY WOODED ARE AT ANGLE INLET, MN., THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MISS AND LOSE POWER. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE RECOVERED BRIEFLY BEFORE IT AGAIN STARTED TO BACKFIRE SEVERELY AND LOST ALL POWER. THE PILOT SHUT OFF THE MASTER SWITCH AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO THE TREES AND STATED THAT HE ELECTED TO HIT A TALL TREE WITH ONE WING IN ORDER TO BREAK THE FORWARD MOTION AND SLOW THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND APPROXIMATELY 270 DEGREES WHILE SETTLING INTO THE TREES. THE FRONT PORTION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT SUSTAINED FIRE DAMAGE AFTER THE CRASH.

## 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 CHI02LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA261), Aug 25, 2002: Mooney M20C (N9274V), Warroad, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to the failure of the muffler baffles which blocked the exhaust system. A factor to the accident was the treeline.

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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