- Date
- December 20, 1986, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4004HMooney M20K
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861220068459A
- Case key
- 25364
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Analysis
The pilot encountered clouds and temperatures below freezing during a cross country flight at 17,500 feet above mean sea level. The engine failed shortly after the encounter with the weather. The pilot was unable to restart the engine during the forced landing descent and collided with the terrain at an elevation of 6110 feet MSL. An examination of the engine enduction system revealed a coating of globular ice formation and crystals on the induction air filter. The alternate air door was closed and the alternate air control was in the filtered position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4004H
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-0403
- Airframe hours
- 1,050
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-GB1, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph C. Rodgers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 23, 1986 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- LGB · Long Beach, CA
- Destination
- GCK · Garden City, KS
- Airport
- FLG · Pulliam
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,160 total · 1,865 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 37 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLG, 26 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.