- Date
- January 9, 1987, 19:30 local (Jan 10, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kalamazoo, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5632HMooney M20J
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870109000479A
- Case key
- 13717
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After requesting clearance to Kalamazoo county airport (azo) due to icing problems, the plt was given radar vectors to the ILS runway 35 approach. Four minutes later the plt stated that it was 'probably going to be a dead stick landing.' When asked what he meant, the plt stated he was out of power. At that time, the acft was about five miles from azo and it crashed approximately 1/2 mile southeast of azo. Following the accident, a different prop was installed on the eng and it ran smoothly. Operation of the alternate air door was checked and no defects were noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5632H
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1368
- Airframe hours
- 2,255
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Waymon L. Harris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 21, 1986 · 517 hours before
- Departed
- ROC · Rochester, NY
- Destination
- 5BN · South Bend, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AZO · Kalamazoo County, runway 35, 6,499 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 9,000 as pilot in command · 135 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 9° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AZO, 1 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.
Other investigations on N5632H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.