- Date
- December 21, 1983, 18:20 local (Dec 22, 1983, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Ada, OK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7165VMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831221074289A
- Case key
- 21094
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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 eng lost power shortly after takeoff & the acft stalled while in a slight left turn. Examination revealed that the left wing fuel sump drain contained frozen water in the drain ports. The fuel injector screen, after thawing out, contained frozen water contaminants. Rusty water was found in the fuel injector. The acft was last fueled on 12/10/83. The acft was kept in an unheated hangar. The temperature in the Ada area had been in the area of 10 deg for several days prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7165V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-0074
- Airframe hours
- 1,165
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul Raymond Floyd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 17, 1983 · 72 hours before
- Destination
- CHK · Chickasha, OK
- Airport
- ADH · Ada Municipal, runway 35, 5,000 × 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 824 total · 590 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 10 °F, dew point 5 °F
- Observed at
- MLC, 50 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.