- Date
- November 30, 1986, 11:08 local (16:08 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3782NMooney M20F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861130075249I
- Case key
- 7327
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Analysis
Plt rpted he was descending in IMC for instrument approach when eng quit, restarted for 30 sec after switching fuel tanks, and quit again. Acft broke out of clouds about 700 feet, plt landed on interstate. Eng exam showed alternate air door seal blocking injector servo intake. Service instruction for door spring not complied with. Last inspection was annual 10 months before.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3782N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 680117
- Airframe hours
- 4,300
- Engine
- Lycoming I0-360-AIA, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry B. Howard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PDK · Chamblee, GA
- Destination
- CSG · Columbus, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CSG · Columbus Metropolitan, runway 5, 6,998 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 10 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CSG, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.