- Date
- September 24, 1983, 07:11 local (13:11 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9464VMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830924050799A
- Case key
- 16003
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Analysis
The acft crashed in an uncontrolled descent shortly after takeoff. A witness noticed the acft in a tail low attitude at low alt and slow airspeed. He said the plane looked like it was shifting from side to side. The left wing dipped. The acft rolled to the right and dived to the ground. Post accident examination found nothing out of the ordinary except that the baggage door locking pins were unlatched. The latching mechanism was capable of operation. There were no radio calls to indicate trouble. However the plt did not acknowledge or comply with the tower call after takeoff to turn rightcontact departure. The acft crashed one minute later.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9464V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 700039
- Airframe hours
- 1,302
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Milton B. Wagstaff Co.,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1982
- Destination
- LHU · Lake Havasu, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SLC · Salt Lake City Intl, runway 34R, 9,596 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 794 total · 159 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 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.