- Date
- September 19, 1993, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Crivitz, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6752NMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930919034969A
- Case key
- 9319
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Probable cause
fuel starvation caused by foreign matter in the fuel tank strainer.
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.
Analysis
The airplane had a total loss of engine power shortly after takeoff. The pilot attempted to restart without success, and made a hard landing in a field. The right fuel tank strainer was found to be blocked by foreign material.
Factual narrative
On September 19, 1993, at 1000 central daylight time, a Mooney M20C, N6752N, operated by Ideal Helicopter Service, Inc., Sullivan, Wisconsin, sustained substantial damage in a forced landing near Crivitz, Wisconsin, following a total loss of engine power during takeoff from the Crivitz Municipal Airport. The commercial pilot was seriously injured. No flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the business flight.
The pilot reported he lost total engine power during climb after takeoff, at about 300 feet agl. Attempts to restart were not successful.
The Federal Aviation Administration inspector who examined the airplane found the fuel screen in the right fuel tank was blocked by a foreign matter. The fuel selector was positioned to the right tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6752N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 680066
- Airframe hours
- 4,402
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ideal Helicopter Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 30, 1992 · 58 hours before
- Destination
- 31WI · Sullivan, WI
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
- 53
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 15,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MNM, 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.