- Date
- March 8, 1987, 11:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kenosha, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3960NMooney M-20G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870308005049A
- Case key
- 13740
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on downwind leg the pilot heard another aircraft call downwind. When he turned to final the other aircraft turned base. As he descended on final approach the other aircraft turned sharply inside the acft on final and landed. The following aircraft struck power lines and collided with the ground while attempting to increase the space between the two acft. A person on the ground received a sore neck attempting to avoid being hit by the falling power lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3960N
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 680067
- Airframe hours
- 3,175
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Delta Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1986
- Departed
- MSN · Madison, WI
- Airport
- ENW · Kenosha Muni, runway 24, 3,300 × 75 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 138 in this make and model · 1,897 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 21 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 N3960N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.