- Date
- May 22, 1984, 19:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Slate Run, PA
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5818QMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840522018119A
- Case key
- 35390
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Terrain condition - wetFactor
All available runway - not usedCause
Lift-off - prematureCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft crashed shortly after takeoff from the black forestairport. Investigation revealed that the acft traveled approx 2/3RDS of the rwy distance, became airborne, settled back on the rwy & became airborne again. At the time of takeoff the acft was loaded near its gross takeoff wt, the density alt was calculated as 4000 ft & the sod rwy was wet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5818Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3118
- Airframe hours
- 2,331
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-AID, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward W. Gaul
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1983 · 2,294 hours before
- Departed
- Black Forest, PA
- Destination
- Trenton Robbvil, NJ
- Airport
- Black Forest, runway 35, 2,100 × 75 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total · 2,550 in this make and model · 2,600 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IPT, 33 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.