# Accident 20030726017509A: Mooney M20C, Blanding, UT, July 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2003, 10:52 local time
- Place: Blanding, UT
- Airport: Blanding Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5689° N, 109.4833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5689&lon=-109.4833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35KR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35KR-2004-06-09) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 121 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03FA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03FA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030726017509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT, NEVADA (VGT) WITH INTENTIONS TO REFUEL AT BLANDING, UTAH AIRPORT (BDG) THEN CONTINUE TO FINAL DESTINATION DENVER, COLORADO CENTENNIAL AIRPORT (APA). AIRPLANE (N35KR) LANDED AT BDG AND OBTAINED 20.1 GALLONS OF 100LL FUEL. AIRPLANE THEN DEPARTED RUNWAY 17 AT 10:52 AM (MST) FROM THE NORTH AND CRASHED AND BURNED 84 FEET WEST FROM SIDE OF RUNWAY AFTER TAKEOFF. MOST OF AIRPLANE DESTROYED BY POST ACCIDENT FIRE. ALL THREE PASSENGERS AND PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. DISTANCE FROM NORTH END OF RUNWAY TO POINT OF IMPACT IS 5000 FT. NOTE THAT TOTAL RUNWAY DISTANCE IS 6000 FT. PARTIAL CONTINUITY OF ELEVATOR AND RUDDER CONFIRMED. CONTINUITY OF ENGINE CONFIRMED (7/28/03).

## 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 DEN03FA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03FA136), Jul 26, 2003: Mooney M20C (N35KR), Blanding, UT, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in a stall/spin.

## Other reports on N35KR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19970425011269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970425011269I), Apr 25, 1997: Mooney M20C (N35KR), New Haven, CT, Minor damage. Narrative: landed Tweed/New Haven runway 02 at 0450 EST. Then proceeded to turn on to taxiway charlie and misjudged the turn off and hit the prop in the soft…

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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