- Date
- April 27, 1984, 23:00 local (Apr 28, 1984, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Centre, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N141RGMooney 21
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6442
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While in cruise flt the engine failed. The pilot executed a forced landing, and the acft sustained substantial damage during the landing sequence. Examination of the acft revealed no fuel in the tanks, lines, or pump. The acft had flown about 5 hours since refueling and had landed and taken off multiple times.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N141RG
- Reported as
- Mooney 21
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 141
- Airframe hours
- 2,645
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Green
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 1984 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- Rome, GA
- Destination
- Gadsden, AL
- Airport
- A04 · Centre, runway 27, 3,400 × ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,150 total · 300 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F