- Date
- May 13, 1983, 17:38 local (22:38 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomington, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N201GGMooney M-20-J-201
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830513019029A
- Case key
- 11992
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Prior to the accident, a witness heard the acft, then saw it for a short time thru an opening in the clouds. In his opinion, it was heading directly into a thunderstorm, which concerned him. He said that rain was falling, and about 10 min later, the thunderstorm passed over his position. Subsequently, the acft crashed in an open field. The leading edges of both wings were compressed back in an 'accordian' manner at an angle of about 45 deg, which was indicative of impacting in a 45 deg, nose low attitude. There was a smell of fuel in the area & no preimpact malfunctions or failures were found. A meteorological study showed there were video integrator & processor (vip) level 2 & level 4 radar echos from the thunderstorms & probable severe turbulence. A bottle containing 600 mg of motrin (ibuprofen) was found in the acft, but a medical exam revealed no evidence of a physiological problem.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N201GG
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20-J-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-0212
- Airframe hours
- 905
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ralph J. Quest
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 3, 1982 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- 12C · Rochelle, IL
- Destination
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
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
- 72
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 25 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BMI, 4 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.