# NTSB CHI87FA040: Mooney M20E, N9210M, Hanna City, IL, December 2, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 2, 1986, 03:49 local (09:49 UTC)
- Place: Hanna City, IL
- Coordinates: 40.690299, -89.789192 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6903&lon=-89.7892&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 3, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13622
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87FA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13622/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87FA040

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - fatigue(flight and ground schedule), pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper descent rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, descent - uncontrolled
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER LINES AND CRASHED TWO MILES FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY ON FINAL APPROACH GROUND TRACK AFTER BEING CLEARED FOR AN ILS APPROACH. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE END OF A THREE LEG CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM THE BAHAMAS WHICH BEGAN APRX 8 1/2 HOURS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. MUCH OF THE FLYING TIME DURING THIS TRIP WAS IN IFR CONDITIONS. THE PILOT WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCAL AREA AND HAD FLOWN THE ILS APPROACH IN QUESTION MANY TIMES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9210M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9210M-1988-04-06), registration cancelled 1988-04-06, S/N 1175 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Registry model: [Mooney M20E](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (registry code 5870212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1175
- Airframe hours: 5766
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-A1A 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Pegasus Aero Assoc., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 1986, 180 hours before
- Departed: BNA, NASHVILLE, TN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: PIA, Greater Peoria Airport, runway 31, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; toxicology performed; flight hours: 889 total, 20 in this make and model, 789 as pilot in command, 58 in the last 90 days, 27 in the last 30 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 70° at 10 knots
- Temperature: 37 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIA, 2 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861202063709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861202063709A), Dec 2, 1986: Mooney M20E, Peoria, IL, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Struck wires during a ILS approach in near zero IMC. Radio problems and lack of IFR skill level are factors.

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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