- Date
- July 3, 1984, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Blue Springs, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N231FVMooney M20K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840703029609A
- Case key
- 33729
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Ten minutes after takeoff acft leveled at 2700 feet AGL at which time the plt leaned the mixture and set the throttle. Shortly after, manifold pressure rose above red line and the engine quit. An engine teardown revealed detonation in the #1 cylinder. The #2 cylinder showed extensive thermal damage. Also, the oil pump woodruff key sheared off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N231FV
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-0227
- Airframe hours
- 899
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-GB, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter A. Vandemark
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 25, 1984 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- A1Z · Osage Beach, MO
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,211 total · 934 in this make and model · 1,091 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC, 18 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.