- Date
- May 28, 1994, 15:57 local (20:57 UTC)
- Place
- Williston, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9314VMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940528012979A
- Case key
- 3392
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain flying speed which resulted in a stall and a collision with the ground.
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
After a takeoff from a private sod airstrip, the pilot executed a steep left turn 200 feet above the ground. The airplane stalled and collided with trees within a quarter mile of the airport. No mechanical problems were reported with the airplane by the pilot.
Factual narrative
On May 28, 1994, at 1557 central daylight time, a Mooney M20F, N9314V, collided with trees during a climbout from a private airstrip near Williston, Tennessee. The personal flight operated under 14 CFR Part 91, with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the pilot received serious injuries. The flight departed Williston at 1555 hours.
According to an eyewitness, the pilot made a short field takeoff, and executed a steep left turn 200 feet above the ground. The witness watched the airplane until it collided with trees 1/4 mile south of the airport. According to the pilot, he encountered a tailwind, and the airplane stalled during the climbout. No aircraft problems were reported by the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9314V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 690089
- Airframe hours
- 1,619
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Crawford, Jacob H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 9, 1993 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- NONE
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKL, 25 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.