- Date
- January 17, 1991, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Brookline, NH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N804DWMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910117000659A
- Case key
- 36778
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Probable cause
The failure of the flight instructor (CFI) to attain remedial action after control of the airplane was lost for an unknown reason.
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
The student (a rated pilot) & the instructor (CFI) took off at 1645 EST on a flight to provide experience in complex aircraft to the student. The lesson was to include minimum control airspeeds/stalls, steep turns, and emergency procedures. Subsequently, the aircraft was found where it had crashed on a wooded hilltop. There were no known witnesses to the accident. An exam of the wreckage revealed the aircraft had crashed in a steep descent. The only damage to trees was directly above the wreckage. Cut tree limbs were fnd in that area. The leading edges of both wings were compressed rearward, the instrument panel was displaced forward, the back of the right front seat was displaced rearward, and the left front seat was displaced to the right & slightly rearward. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was found. Official twilight was at 1711 EST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N804DW
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1702-14
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel Webster College
- Departed
- ASH · Nashua, NH
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,549 total · 357 in this make and model · 1,489 as pilot in command · 215 in the last 90 days · 39 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 40,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- ASH, 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.