- Date
- July 30, 1982, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Abilene, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8393EMooney M20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820730034809A
- Case key
- 69682
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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
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
At about 50-75 ft AGL after takeoff the eng quit. Both tanks contained adequate fuel & no eng malfunctions were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8393E
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1571
- Airframe hours
- 1,896
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack Calvert
- Registered owner
- Jack Calvert
- Departed
- Abilene, TX
- Destination
- Abilene, TX
- Airport
- Elmdale, runway 17, 3,000 × 0 ft, asphalt
N8393ERegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Mooney M20AAirframe modelMooney M20AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,930 total · 153 in this make and model · 1,670 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
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 N8393E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.