- Date
- May 2, 1983, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7430VMooney M20E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830502016669A
- Case key
- 12157
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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 acft ran off the left side of the rwy and collided with the VASI after landing. The plt stated he landed on rwy 22 when approach said the wind favored that rwy. He said that 'just as the wheels touched down a gust of wind pushed the nose to the left and the acft veered off the rwy.' The wind was reported as 250 degrees 18 KTS, gusts to 24 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7430V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21-1170
- Airframe hours
- 1,979
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Louis M. Gietl
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 28, 1983 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- EVV · Evansville, IN
- Airport
- SPI · Capital, runway 22, 7,999 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 306 total · 193 in this make and model · 235 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 18 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.