- Date
- October 31, 1984, 18:18 local (Nov 1, 1984, 00:18 UTC)
- Place
- Carbondale, KS
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N79846Mooney M20E
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841031061729A
- Case key
- 33807
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flt was en route from little rock, AR, to topeka, ka. Ten miles south of topeka's frobes field the plt requested wx info and was told that a current observation was being taken & he would be advised. Contact between the tower and the flt could not be reestablished. The acft had crashed in an area where a severe thunderstorm was in progress. Several trailer homes were destroyed and two people were fatally injured one third mile south of the accident site by the severe wx.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79846
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0510
- Airframe hours
- 2,847
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aeolian Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 17, 1984 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- LIT · Little Rock, AR
- Destination
- TOP · Topeka, KS
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,706 total · 139 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FOE, 7 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.