- Date
- September 17, 1987, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jenks, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9520MMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870917053429A
- Case key
- 22179
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) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - contaminationCause
Fluid,fuel - waterCause
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
Engine failed during initial climb. Aircraft collided with airport perimeter fence and slid across road during landing attempt. Water was found in the fuel distributor system following the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9520M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 670097
- Airframe hours
- 684
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Carpenter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 11, 1987 · 1 hours before
- Destination
- HOO · Bentonville, AR
- Airport
- RVS · R.L. Jones, Jr., runway 18R, 4,000 × ft, dirt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 475 total · 41 in this make and model · 475 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.