- Date
- July 4, 1987, 03:20 local (08:20 UTC)
- Place
- Mitchell, SD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6933VMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870704032029A
- Case key
- 17116
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Stolen aircraft/unauthorized use - intentionalCause
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Judgment - poorCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Analysis
This non-licensed plt made an unauthorized flt at night. The acft crashed one half mile north of the arpt. The occupant of the acft was fatally injured. No records of the plt's flt experience was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6933V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 221306
- Airframe hours
- 4,646
- Engine
- Lycoming I0360A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sheesley Plumbing & Heating
- Registered owner
- Sheesley Plumbing & Heating
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 9, 1986 · 293 hours before
- Departed
- MHE · Mitchell, SD
- Airport
- MHE · Mitchell Municipal, runway 17, 5,500 × 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
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HON, 40 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.