- Date
- February 10, 1987, 20:00 local (Feb 11, 1987, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eureka, SD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3451XMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870210060679A
- Case key
- 17168
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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
After normal takeoff, the acft contacted the terrain then continued on until it came to rest aprx 350' from the initial impact point. The landing gear had been retracted at the time of initial impact and the plt had no indication of any malfunction/failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3451X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3409
- Airframe hours
- 2,658
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard S. Isaak
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 25, 1986 · 66 hours before
- Destination
- MBG · Mobridge, SD
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, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,658 total · 221 in this make and model · 2,658 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MBG, 43 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.