- Date
- March 10, 1984, 08:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Craig, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N231FMooney M20K
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840310005339A
- Case key
- 16203
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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
Witnesses observed & heard the plt making an apch & subsequent go-around or pass over the ground at the arpt. Heavy fog conditions existed which were below IFR minimums. The plt failed to realize higher terrain exsisted north of the arpt. The acft collided with the higher snow covered terrain. Post crash examination revealed no evidence of a mechanical malfunction or failure of the acft flt controls, structure or eng prior to ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N231F
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 250182
- Airframe hours
- 542
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-GB1, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terry Lee Killion
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 22, 1983 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Destination
- CAG · Craig, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CAG · Craig Moffat, runway 7, 5,600 × 100 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 802 total · 67 in this make and model · 740 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 2 knots
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NWS, 4 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.