- Date
- August 14, 1983, 20:35 local (Aug 15, 1983, 01:35 UTC)
- Place
- Midland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6869UMooney M-20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830814071259A
- Case key
- 21014
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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
The acft collided with a fence post during taxi for takeoff. The acft was allowed to drift right of the center of the taxiway. The collision veered the acft to the right and damaged the wing. The accident occurred at dusk.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6869U
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2573
- Airframe hours
- 2,401
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack R. Stanley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1983
- Departed
- Midland, TX
- Airport
- 7TX6 · Skyranch, runway 16, 5,000 × 27 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 211 total · 56 in this make and model · 148 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 160° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MAF, 10 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.