- Date
- March 26, 1987, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Winnsboro, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6990VMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870326044499A
- Case key
- 7399
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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 hit a ditch during a forced landing after a power loss on takeoff. The acft had received annual inspection during which no contamination of the fuel system was found. The acft was parked outside, in the rain, to await the owner's pickup. The fuel sumps were not checked before takeoff. During post accident inspection the left fuel cap was found cocked. Water was found in the left fuel tank and gascolator after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6990V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 221361
- Airframe hours
- 1,750
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sea Flight, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 26, 1987
- Destination
- CUB · Columbia, SC
- Airport
- FDW · Fairfield Company, runway 22, 3,200 × 75 ft, dirt
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 840 total · 630 in this make and model · 600 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAE, 28 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.