- Date
- December 14, 1983, 18:41 local (Dec 15, 1983, 00:41 UTC)
- Place
- Bismarck, ND
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1151NMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831214064159A
- Case key
- 16187
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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.
Analysis
The plt of N1151N reported that the departure arpt had some drifting snow which caused the r brake to freeze after takeoff. When the acft was landed, the r tire slid until it wore thru, then deflated. The plt stopped the acft on the rwy, informed tower psnl of the situation & asked them to send someone to help. In the meantime, a Boeing 737 taxied to the rwy. While taxiing, the Boeing aircrew noted the silhouette of the disabled acft, but did not notice any lights. They continued taxiing to the rwy, moved into position for takeoff, but held while waiting for N1151N to be removed fromthe rwy. The plt of N115LN said he left his lights on until he saw the gnd svc vehicle, then turned them off when the vehicle was 'almost to us.' The vehicle occupants reported that the tower had asked them to 'hurry up' & said they were driving about 30 mph. As they proceeded down the rwy, they saw the rotating beacon of the Boeing 737, which they thoughtwas N1151N. They did not see N1151N until after the vehicle hit the acft's l wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1151N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Alfred C Pietsch, doing business as Pietsch Flying Service
- Departed
- FAR · Fargo, ND
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- Bismarck Muni, runway 31, 8,788 × 150 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 3,080 in this make and model · 190 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 14 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.