- Date
- November 3, 1985, 21:00 local (Nov 4, 1985, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Spring Hill, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N231KBMooney M20K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851103074939A
- Case key
- 34111
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot of this aircraft was returning from a business flight when the engine failed. During the forced landing, the aircraft rolled through a fence and then impacted a pole with one wing. The pilot stated that one connecting rod came through the side of the engine and a rod cap was found outside of the engine. The pilot listed total time 1800 on the engine and 1150 hours on the broken parts. Engine teardown and inspection did not reveal the origin of the failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N231KB
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-0006
- Airframe hours
- 1,150
- Engine
- Continental TS10-360-GB, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- James J.Karnes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
- Destination
- GVW · Grandview, 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,770 total · 50 in this make and model · 7,589 as pilot in command · 253 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IXD, 6 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.