- Date
- March 28, 2005, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomfield, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6092QMooney M20E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20050328005539A
- Case key
- 61268
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin. The low altitude was a factor.
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 airplane was destroyed upon impact with the ground following an in-flight loss of control. A witness reported seeing the airplane make a right turn, and as it did it "turned vertical with the ground, spun back the other way and the nose went towards the ground. It just did a nose dive." The witness reported that the airplane was at a low altitude. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions of the airplane.
Factual narrative
On March 28, 2005, about 0930 central standard time, a Mooney M20E, N6092Q, owned and piloted by a private pilot, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Bloomfield, Iowa. The airplane had just departed the Bloomfield Municipal Airport (4K6), and was en route to the Jonesboro Municipal Airport (JBR), Jonesboro, Arkansas. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The passenger was fatally injured, and the pilot received serious injuries.
According to a report filed by the pilot there were no mechanical malfunctions of the airplane.
A witness reported that he saw the airplane take off to the south and then make a right turn back to the north. The witness reported that the airplane then turned to the east and as it did, it "turned vertical with the ground, spun back the other way and the nose went toward the ground. It just did a nose dive." The witness reported that the airplane was at a low altitude.
Another witness reported hearing the airplane's engine "get very loud. When I turned to look the plane went on it's side and then went straight down."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6092Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 913
- Airframe hours
- 3,807
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vern M. Ball
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2004 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- 4K6 · Bloomfield, IA
- Destination
- JBR · Jonesboro, AR
- Airport
- 4K6 · Bloomfield Muni
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
- 68
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 1, 2004
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 800 in this make and model · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.73 inHg
- Observed at
- KOTM, 22 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.
Other investigations on N6092Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.