- Date
- May 28, 1983, 19:45 local (May 29, 1983, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Wheatland, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6288UMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830528021769A
- Case key
- 33413
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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 pilot said the engine lost power after takeoff and settled into trees off the end of the rwy. The engine, damaged by fire, was examined and there was no evidence of pre-impact failures or deficiencies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6288U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21274
- Airframe hours
- 3,574
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Metropolitan Aviation Assn.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 21, 1983 · 19 hours before
- Airport
- M052 · Skyriders, runway 16, 2,910 × 60 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 320 total · 11 in this make and model · 173 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6288U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.