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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20C · Amarillo, TX · January 3, 2004

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Date: January 3, 2004 · 14:45 local
Place: Amarillo, TX
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N6934N
Reported as: Mooney M20C
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A1D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,142 total799 in this make and model33 in the last 90 days

N6934NRegistration cancelled Oct 24, 2005 · Mooney M20CS/N 680187 · Built 1968 Airframe modelMooney M20C Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot departed runway 35 at tradewinds airport for a VFR flight to lamesa, TX. He obtained a VFR clearance from Amarillo ATC. Within 3 minutes of turning on course to the south he called ATC and told them he was having chest pains and needed to get to the ground. ATC provided services to the pilot by helping him return to tradewinds airport and then directed him to change to the UNICOM frequency. The ATC controller called the FBO at tradewinds airport to determine if the airplane had landed, and found out that it had not. The ATC controller vectored another airplane over the area and wreckage was spotted, burning in a farm field 2 miles southwest of the tradewind airport. The ATC controller notified fire and rescue services. The airplane hit the ground left wing low with the landing gear still retracted. The collision broke the wing, separated the fuselage and broke off the tail-boom the engine and the cockpit.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 35 AT TRADEWINDS AIRPORT FOR A VFR FLIGHT TO LAMESA, TX. HE OBTAINED A VFR CLEARANCE FROM AMARILLO ATC. WITHIN 3 MINUTES OF TURNING ON COURSE TO THE SOUTH HE CALLED ATC AND TOLD THEM HE WAS HAVING CHEST PAINS AND NEEDED TO GET TO THE GROUND. ATC PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE PILOT BY HELPING HIM RETURN TO TRADEWINDS AIRPORT AND THEN DIRECTED HIM TO CHANGE TO THE UNICOM FREQUENCY. THE ATC CONTROLLER CALLED THE FBO AT TRADEWINDS AIRPORT TO DETERMINE IF THE AIRPLANE HAD LANDED, AND FOUND OUT THAT IT HAD NOT. THE ATC CONTROLLER VECTORED ANOTHER AIRPLANE OVER THE AREA AND WRECKAGE WAS SPOTTED, BURNING IN A FARM FIELD 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TRADEWIND AIRPORT. THE ATC CONTROLLER NOTIFIED FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES. THE AIRPLANE HIT THE GROUND LEFT WING LOW WITH THE LANDING GEAR STILL RETRACTED. THE COLLISION BROKE THE WING, SEPARATED THE FUSELAGE AND BROKE OFF THE TAIL-BOOM THE ENGINE AND THE COCKPIT.

Other reports on N6934N · 1

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

Incident 19830522028819IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Corpus Christi, TXRan out of fuel during a VOR approach. Landed on a road. Had failed to check fuel last five flights.May 22, 1983 · Minor damage