- Date
- July 1, 1988, 10:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Gunnison, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N231PGMooney M-20K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880701024929A
- Case key
- 17491
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Mixture control - leakCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - softFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N231PG
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 250242
- Airframe hours
- 1,971
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-GB1, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Norman F. Casey
- Registered owner
- Jet Center Tulsa Sp, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 27, 1988 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
- Airport
- GUC · Gunnison, runway 6, 7,198 × 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,048 total · 348 in this make and model · 2,048 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 345° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N231PG · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.