- Date
- May 14, 1988, 11:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Middlesboro, KY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9654MMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880514064969A
- Case key
- 7605
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Witnesses rprted the eng did not sound like it was providing full power drg takeoff & that abt 3/4 of the 3600' rwy was used for the takeoff roll. After lift-off, the acft climbed at a shallow angle to abt 250 to 300 ft AGL. It then entereda shallow left bank. After turning abt 90 deg, its nose pitched up & the acft climbed abt 100 ft. the acft then snap- rolled to the left, entered a dscnt & crashed next to a storage bldg in a residential area. An investigation revealed the acft was loaded to near its max gross wt limit. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was fnd. The engine was satisfactorily test-run at rated power. The lndg gear was fnd in the fully retracted psn & the flaps were fnd fully extended. Using the owner's manual, the takeoff distance with 15 deg of flaps (takeoff flaps) was calculated to be 977'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9654M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 67023L
- Airframe hours
- 3,394
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stanley W. Erwin
- Registered owner
- Stanley W Erwin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 16, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- 1A6
- Destination
- DKX · Knoxville, TN
- Airport
- 1A6 · Middlesboro-Bell County, runway 10, 3,630 × 75 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,382 total · 1,035 in this make and model · 1,258 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.