# NTSB CHI83LA194: Mooney M20E, N7430V, Springfield, IL, May 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 2, 1983, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Location: 39.8446° N, 89.6776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL (SPI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8446&lon=-89.6776&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12157
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA194
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12157/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA194

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - approach light/navaid (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7430V), registered now, S/N 21-1170, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Registry model: [Mooney M20E](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (registry code 5870212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21-1170
- Airframe hours: 1979
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830502016669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830502016669A), May 2, 1983: Mooney M20E, Springfield, IL, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control during cross wind landing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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