- Date
- January 12, 1987, 10:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Spring Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6864UMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870112000299A
- Case key
- 25501
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Analysis
A Mooney M20C collided with an automobile during landing roll after landing on a road. The plt indicated that while cruising at 3,500 ft MSL he noticed the eng oil pressure fall to zero. The constant speed propellor simultaneously went to low pitch, followed by the eng seizing. The plt was forced to land and selected a road to land on. On final approach the plt observed two automobiles had driven into his planned landing area. During the landing roll the plt was able to avoid the first automobile, but collided with the second. The acft left wing was substantially damaged in the collision. The automobile was also damaged and its driver sustained minor injuries. Examination of the acft eng revealed the eng oil drain plug was missing with no evidence of it being safety wired. The eng had completed an annual inspection 4 days prior to the accident and had accumulated 2.9 hours of operation since a major overhaul. This was the acfts second flight since the eng was overhauled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6864U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2568
- Airframe hours
- 2,926
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Depuy, Robert V.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 8, 1987 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- L39 · Ramona, CA
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
- 75
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,289 total · 2,730 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Observed at
- MYF, 11 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.