- Date
- September 9, 2000, 20:00 local (Sep 10, 2000, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Owasso, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N866BMooney M20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000909008209A
- Case key
- 50234
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
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 airplane was 20 feet above the ground during takeoff when the engine experienced a loss of power. The pilot performed a forced landing to the end of the runway. During the landing roll, the aircraft overran the runway, crossed a road, went through a fence and struck a tree. Examination of the airplane by an FAA inspector revealed no anomalies that would have prevented engine operation.
Factual narrative
On September 9, 2000, at 2000 central daylight time, a Mooney M20 airplane, N866B, was substantially damaged when it impacted a fence during a forced landing following the loss of engine power during takeoff from the Gundys Airport near Owasso, Oklahoma. The private pilot and his two passengers were not injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The flight was originating at the time of the accident and was destined for Woodward, Oklahoma.
During a telephone interview conducted by the NTSB investigator-in-charge, the 590-hour pilot stated that the flight departed Runway 17 and was approximately 20 feet above the ground when the engine lost power. The pilot attempted to land on the remaining part of the 2,600-foot runway; however, the airplane overran the runway, crossed a road, went through a fence, struck a tree, and came to rest in a field.
According to the pilot, the landing gear and right wing separated from the airplane.
The pilot reported that the Lycoming O-320-A3A engine, serial number 2102-27, had accumulated 230.0 hours since its last overhaul, and 60.0 hours since its last annual inspection. Moreover, the pilot stated that he drained a total of 30 gallons of fuel from the aircraft subsequent to the accident.
The FAA inspector, who traveled to the accident site, was able to rotate the constant-speed propeller and achieve thumb compression on all four cylinders. The right magneto was removed, rotated manually, and found to be in working order. The propeller, throttle and mixture control cables were verified to be operational by the FAA inspector.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N866B
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1028
- Airframe hours
- 3,660
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A3A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry D. Brooks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 16, 2000 · 60 hours before
- Destination
- WWR · Woodward, OK
- Airport
- O38 · Gundys, runway 17L, 2,600 × 26 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 590 total · 184 in this make and model · 535 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 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 N866B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.