- Date
- October 24, 1983, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Newark, IN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7144UMooney M20E
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831024055359A
- Case key
- 12372
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft had been recently purchased by the plt & this was the 2nd leg of a 3 leg trip which had originally departed hickory, NC. Two witnesses located about 5 mi sse of the accident site observed the acft. One witness stated the visibility was less than 1 mi & there was low cloud cover in the entire area. The acft was observed flying straight & level 400-600 ft AGL. The acft subsequently struck a ridge line.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7144U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 383
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Henry Witte
- Registered owner
- Ronald R. Marshall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1983
- Departed
- M54 · Lebanon, TN
- Destination
- IND · Indianapolis, IN
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,673 total · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Observed at
- BMG, 10 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.