- Date
- July 23, 1992, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Eufaula, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6730NMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920723055499A
- Case key
- 8633
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Probable cause
The failure of the fuel injector servo as a result of the sticking bushing between the diaphragms.
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
Following a test flight after maintenance, on final approach to the runway, the pilot felt he was below glide path. As he attempted to add power to adjust his descent rate, the engine failed to respond. The pilot was forced to attempt an emergency landing in rough terrain near the approach end of the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the aircraft and minor injury to the pilot. Examination of the engine revealed that the fuel injector servo was producing a rich mixture, at the low power setting, as a result of the bushing between the diaphragms sticking.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6730N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 680181
- Airframe hours
- 3,294
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brown, Carl A.
- Registered owner
- Brown, Carl A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 13, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- EUF
- Airport
- EUF · Eufaula, runway 36, 5,000 × 100 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 730 total · 140 in this make and model · 705 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CSG, 35 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.