- Date
- December 22, 1988, 17:23 local (23:23 UTC)
- Place
- Houma, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6444UMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881222058489A
- Case key
- 22822
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane was on an IFR flight plan but was in VFR conditions when the communications radios failed. Pilot used hand held transceiver, but communications were not satisfactory. Pilot elected to continue to destination but did not declare an emergency nor ask for vectors to the airport. ATC started vectors to the airport one mile from airport, just before end of flight. The airplane ran out of fuel and the pilot made a forced landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6444U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2191
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Schneider, Richard T.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 42J · Keystone Hts, FL
- Destination
- HUM
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HUM · Houma-Terrebone, runway 18, 3,500 × 100 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,141 total · 420 in this make and model · 1,041 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HUM, 1 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.