What happened
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On July 11, 2014 at approximately 1420 eastern time, a Mooney M20M, N72FG crashed approximately 1 mile south of the Greenwood Indiana airport (hfy). The pilot privacy data omitted was fatally injured and one passenger sustained critical injuries; the aircraft was substantially damaged by impact forces and a post-crash fire. The aircraft was owned by privacy data omitted from privacy data omitted and was operating as a personal flight under the provision of 14 code of federal regulation part 91. The flight departed the Greenwood Municipal Airport, Greenwood, Indiana on an instrument flight rules flight plan with a destination of east Texas regional airport (kggg) located in longview, Texas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.
Following a departure from runway 19 the aircraft, witnesses report the aircraft leveled off at approximately 100-150 feet and continued on an approximate heading of 180 eventually descending into a residential neighborhood one mile south of the airport. The left wing of the aircraft struck the roof of a garage located behind a house at privacy data omitted Greenwood Indiana. The fuselage impacted the ground approximately 35 feet from the initial impact point and prior to a chain link fence. Ground scaring indicated two propeller strikes roughly 30 inches apart. The aircraft had continued through the fence, and came to rest approximately 60 feet beyond the initial impact with the garage and was found in the back yard of a house located at privacy data omitted.
The aircraft came to rest with the right wing, tail section and engine still attached. The right side of the engine mount was torn away from the fuselage bulk head and the engine was lying in a nose down attitude and turned 50° left of center. The engine appeared intact with the propeller exhibiting damage consistent with a low power setting at the time of impact. The oil dip stick was observed unsecured within its housing; no oil was present on the dip stick or on the ground. The oil filter was consumed by fire and was not inspected.
Operational continuity of the rudder and elevator were verified through the fuselage up to the center wing area. The lower internal center section of the fuselage was examined; flap control, landing gear operational linkage and fuel selector valve plumping all appeared normal. Operational continuity from the center wing area up to the control wheel and rudder pedals could not be confirmed. The left flap had separated from the wing but was located near the trailing edge of the left wing. The inner section of the left aileron remained attached to the wing however; operational continuity could not be verified. The fuel filter bowl assembly was removed and examined; no contamination was noted.
As the FAA filed it
ON JULY 11, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 1420 EASTERN TIME, A MOONEY M20M, N72FG CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE GREENWOOD INDIANA AIRPORT (HFY). THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FATALLY INJURED AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED CRITICAL INJURIES; THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BY IMPACT FORCES AND A POST-CRASH FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND WAS OPERATING AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISION OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION PART 91. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE GREENWOOD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GREENWOOD, INDIANA ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WITH A DESTINATION OF EAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT (KGGG) LOCATED IN LONGVIEW, TEXAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
FOLLOWING A DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 19 THE AIRCRAFT, WITNESSES REPORT THE AIRCRAFT LEVELED OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 100-150 FEET AND CONTINUED ON AN APPROXIMATE HEADING OF 180 EVENTUALLY DESCENDING INTO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE ROOF OF A GARAGE LOCATED BEHIND A HOUSE AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GREENWOOD INDIANA. THE FUSELAGE IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT AND PRIOR TO A CHAIN LINK FENCE. GROUND SCARING INDICATED TWO PROPELLER STRIKES ROUGHLY 30 INCHES APART. THE AIRCRAFT HAD CONTINUED THROUGH THE FENCE, AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET BEYOND THE INITIAL IMPACT WITH THE GARAGE AND WAS FOUND IN THE BACK YARD OF A HOUSE LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.
THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH THE RIGHT WING, TAIL SECTION AND ENGINE STILL ATTACHED. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE MOUNT WAS TORN AWAY FROM THE FUSELAGE BULK HEAD AND THE ENGINE WAS LYING IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND TURNED 50° LEFT OF CENTER. THE ENGINE APPEARED INTACT WITH THE PROPELLER EXHIBITING DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH A LOW POWER SETTING AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. THE OIL DIP STICK WAS OBSERVED UNSECURED WITHIN ITS HOUSING; NO OIL WAS PRESENT ON THE DIP STICK OR ON THE GROUND. THE OIL FILTER WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE AND WAS NOT INSPECTED.
OPERATIONAL CONTINUITY OF THE RUDDER AND ELEVATOR WERE VERIFIED THROUGH THE FUSELAGE UP TO THE CENTER WING AREA. THE LOWER INTERNAL CENTER SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE WAS EXAMINED; FLAP CONTROL, LANDING GEAR OPERATIONAL LINKAGE AND FUEL SELECTOR VALVE PLUMPING ALL APPEARED NORMAL. OPERATIONAL CONTINUITY FROM THE CENTER WING AREA UP TO THE CONTROL WHEEL AND RUDDER PEDALS COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. THE LEFT FLAP HAD SEPARATED FROM THE WING BUT WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING. THE INNER SECTION OF THE LEFT AILERON REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE WING HOWEVER; OPERATIONAL CONTINUITY COULD NOT BE VERIFIED. THE FUEL FILTER BOWL ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED AND EXAMINED; NO CONTAMINATION WAS NOTED.
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