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FAA accident report · Mooney M20R · Hollister, CA · November 24, 2010

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Date
November 24, 2010 · 06:30 local
Place
Hollister, CA
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Mooney M20R
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Upon arrival at the aircraft in question it appeared the aircraft sustained a high impact landing in a field 4 miles west of Hollister airport destroying the aircraft. The pilot had remained in the aircraft after impact. The damage to the aircraft was severe in that the upper cabin , right side cabin and door was shredded on impact causing a fan shaped debris field spreading out to approximately 150 feet from 0 degrees to 110 degrees off of the nose of the aircraft. It was observed that the throttle was in the low idle position, mixture in rich, propeller in high, fuel boost in low position, magnetos switch in the both position, fuel selector in left tank position, master switch in the on position, control yoke in the full up position, elevators in full up position, flap selector in the down position. The propeller had separated from the engine crank shaft and had 1 bent propeller blade. The temporary bladder type ferry tank installation ripped out of its anchor points and exited the right side of aircraft. The temporary bladder type ferry tank installation ripped out of its anchor points disintegrating as it exited the right side of aircraft. The aircraft and the scattered debris was released by the NTSB to plain parts for collection and transportation including storage.

As the FAA filed it

UPON ARRIVAL AT THE AIRCRAFT IN QUESTION IT APPEARED THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A HIGH IMPACT LANDING IN A FIELD 4 MILES WEST OF HOLLISTER AIRPORT DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT HAD REMAINED IN THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IMPACT. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEVERE IN THAT THE UPPER CABIN , RIGHT SIDE CABIN AND DOOR WAS SHREDDED ON IMPACT CAUSING A FAN SHAPED DEBRIS FIELD SPREADING OUT TO APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM 0 DEGREES TO 110 DEGREES OFF OF THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE THROTTLE WAS IN THE LOW IDLE POSITION, MIXTURE IN RICH, PROPELLER IN HIGH, FUEL BOOST IN LOW POSITION, MAGNETOS SWITCH IN THE BOTH POSITION, FUEL SELECTOR IN LEFT TANK POSITION, MASTER SWITCH IN THE ON POSITION, CONTROL YOKE IN THE FULL UP POSITION, ELEVATORS IN FULL UP POSITION, FLAP SELECTOR IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE PROPELLER HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE CRANK SHAFT AND HAD 1 BENT PROPELLER BLADE. THE TEMPORARY BLADDER TYPE FERRY TANK INSTALLATION RIPPED OUT OF ITS ANCHOR POINTS AND EXITED THE RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT. THE TEMPORARY BLADDER TYPE FERRY TANK INSTALLATION RIPPED OUT OF ITS ANCHOR POINTS DISINTEGRATING AS IT EXITED THE RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT AND THE SCATTERED DEBRIS WAS RELEASED BY THE NTSB TO PLAIN PARTS FOR COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION INCLUDING STORAGE.