- Date
- July 1, 1984, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Red Bay, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3207FMooney M-20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840701028189A
- Case key
- 6490
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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
The acft landed gear up short of the rwy in an attempt to return to the rwy after a power loss at low alt. During takeoff the arpt manager said the engine sound change was consistent with power loss from fuel starvation. FAA did a post accident engine test run and had to run the engine rich with boost pump on to keep it running. The fuel system was examined to determine why it was running lean. The fuel injector inlet screen showed evidence of corrosion and rust. Fuel flow was found to be lean. Injectors and flow divider were removed for a check. The injector was found to be contaminated with dirt, rust and water. The throttle linkage was worn and binding. The idle mixture setting was adjustedto the lean side. When the fuel injector was reinstalled, the engine ran rough and rich. Leaned with the mixture control the engine ran smoothly at all settings. There was no problem with the throttle linkage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3207F
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 670361
- Airframe hours
- 2,383
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Horace V. Morrow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 22, 1983 · 95 hours before
- Destination
- SIK · Sikeston, MO
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 468 total · 92 in this make and model · 428 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.