- Date
- August 28, 1984, 18:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9373MMooney M20E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840828044159A
- Case key
- 33559
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed short of the rwy after making a 180 deg turn after takeoff following a loss of power. The plt stated that after takeoff & at an indicated airspeed of 100 to 110 mph, at an altitude of 50 ft, the acft eng started to lose power. He decided to return to the airport and the acft started to stall while in the turn crashing intoan open ditch near the end of the rwy. Investigation showed a discrepancy of the fuel nozzles in the no. 4 cylinder which were found blocked. The servo fuel injector had water in the fuel chamber & the fuel line from the fuel strainer to fuel control had waster mixed with gasoline. The propeller was removed & checked normal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9373M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1305
- Airframe hours
- 3,166
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clement Atwell
- Registered owner
- Kathleen A. Warda
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 11, 1984 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- SUS · Chesterfield, MO
- Destination
- DEC · Decatur, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SUS · Spirit Of St. Louis
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, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 691 total · 622 in this make and model · 622 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.