- Date
- September 16, 1987, 15:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Macclenny, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N201UXMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870916053359A
- Case key
- 31965
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While en route at 8000', the eng lost power & the plt obtained vectors for an emerg landing at an arpt with a grass strip. Drg the roll-out, the left wing tip hit a hay wagon near the end of the rwy, then the acft veered & struck a hangar. An exam of the throttle linkage revealed that a swivel joint had broken off of the throttle arm attaching bolt, which allowed the fuel injector to vibrate to idle. The failure occurred where the shank area of the attaching bolt had been rubbing against the attached throttle cable fitting & had become worn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N201UX
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-0391
- Airframe hours
- 3,061
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flight Express Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- TLH · Tallahassee, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FL11 · Thrifts, runway 9, 1,800 × 95 ft, grass/turf
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,802 total · 169 in this make and model · 2,544 as pilot in command · 176 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX, 27 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.