- Date
- January 19, 1990, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brogue, PA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N231FHMooney M20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900119000789A
- Case key
- 36600
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Probable cause
Off airport landing due to an engine power loss due to failure of the no. 2 crankshaft bearing.
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.
Analysis
Approximately 15 miles southwest of lancaster, the aircraft developed engine noise, low oil pressure and high oil temperature. The pilot informed lns tower and shut the engine down, cut the master switch off and attempted an emergency landing. The aircraft came to rest 75 yards down a small ravine and erupted in fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N231FH
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-0216
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-GB, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl Offenbacker
- Registered owner
- Offenbacher, Aquatics Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Gaithersburg, MD
- Destination
- LNS · Lancaster, PA
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 1,500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CXY, 20 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.