- Date
- May 1, 1982, 13:09 local (19:09 UTC)
- Place
- Hanksville, UT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6032QMooney M20E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820501015069A
- Case key
- 70955
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that during the landing touchdown on runway 19, a gust of wind from about 270 degrees was encountered and the plane veered to the left. The pilot reported that he had applied corrective action, and the plane was tracking back to the runway, when the left gear struck a runway marker and failed. Subsequently, the plane veered back to the left, hit another runway marker, and then hit a fence. During the accident sequence, the other two landing gear failed. The elevation of the airport was 4167 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6032Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 877
- Airframe hours
- 3,950
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward W. Onken
- Registered owner
- Edward W. Onken
- Departed
- GJC · Grand Junction, CO
- Destination
- U07 · Glen Canyon, UT
- Airport
- U07 · Bullfrog Basin, runway 19, 3,500 × 40 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 1,641 total · 836 in this make and model · 1,168 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.