20171007014399A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20C · Topping, VA · October 7, 2017

Date
October 7, 2017 · 08:51 local
Place
Topping, VA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7884V
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA18CA004
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,040 total25 in this make and model25 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.

The pilot did an intersection takeoff not leaving enough runway length and cleared the trees, but stalled the aircraft crashing into an unoccupied home destroying the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT DID AN INTERSECTION TAKEOFF NOT LEAVING ENOUGH RUNWAY LENGTH AND CLEARED THE TREES, BUT STALLED THE AIRCRAFT CRASHING INTO AN UNOCCUPIED HOME DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N7884V · 1

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