- Date
- March 29, 1982, 17:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Ormond Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1118RMooney M2OJ
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820329006479A
- Case key
- 72111
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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 non-instrument rated pilot had filed for an IFR climb to vfr-on-top. He took off after receiving a clearance to the bulli intersection with instructions to maintain 9000 ft, if not vfr-on-top by that altitude. At 1720 EST, the pilot transmitted that he was initiating a takeoff. He called daytona Beach departure control while climbing and radar contact was established at 1722 EST. At 1724, he reported climbing through 1600 ft; however, about one minute later, radio and radar contact were lost. Ground witnesses reported observing the aircraft about one mile from the departure airport at low altitude. Subsequently, the aircraft crashed in a wooded area while in a near vertical flight path. A tree trunk was found below the wreckage path that had been cut in three pieces. The cut marks were consistent with damage from a propeller at high power. No preimpact malfunction or failure of the aircraft was evident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1118R
- Reported as
- Mooney M2OJ
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1141
- Airframe hours
- 182
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eugene Allen Davis
- Registered owner
- Eugene Allen Davis
- Departed
- Ormond Beach, FL
- Destination
- Jacksonville, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OMN · Ormond Beach Muni
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 182 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 145 °F
- Altimeter
- 31.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 8 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.