- Date
- December 3, 1988, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vermillion, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N201ULMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881203052359A
- Case key
- 14238
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed(vs) - not maintained
Stall/spin - not correctedCause
Supervision - inadequateCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N201UL
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-0373
- Airframe hours
- 1,845
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- William H. Harader
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 19, 1988 · 110 hours before
- Departed
- 3I3 · Terre Haute, IN
- Destination
- 3I3
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,721 total · 300 in this make and model · 1,626 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HUF, 15 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.