- Date
- January 27, 1986, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Loogootee, IN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9307VMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860127001399A
- Case key
- 13240
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt experienced loss of pwr during cruise flt at 6,000 feet. ATC vectored acft toward daviess county arpt, approximately 10 miles away. Plt reported acft on fire. Witnesses saw N9307V in a left bank turn then 'nose dive into ground.' Post crash exam of engine revealed no. 3 cylinder deparated from crankcase. Further exam revealed the throughbolts/nuts were under torqued. The no. 2 and no. 4 cylinders were top overhauled in July 1981. Metallurgical exam of bolts/nuts revealed fatigue failures and 'working' of no. 3 cylinder for a long period of time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9307V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 690089
- Airframe hours
- 3,890
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mckinley Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1985 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- BWG · Bowling Green, KY
- Destination
- GYY · Gary, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 815 total · 285 in this make and model · 641 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 7 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HUF, 49 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.