- Date
- January 24, 1983, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dufur, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N97429Mooney M20K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830124002219A
- Case key
- 39647
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft collided with an irrigation pipe line and fence during rollout of a forced landing after engine failure. The engine stopped while the aircraft was cruising en route. The pilot remained in radio contact throughout the emergency and landed in a field of grain stubble and new crops. An engine teardown revealed a hole in the #4 piston. This hole had pressurized the crankcase forcing oil out of the breather until oil depletion caused engine stoppage. Also, a trace of carbon tracking was found on the right distributor block from the #4 location to another stationary electrode.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97429
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-0512
- Airframe hours
- 332
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-GB1, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Charles R. Wall, doing business as Hzm Ram Air
- Registered owner
- Kenneth E. Smouse
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 21, 1982 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- SLE · Salem, OK
- Destination
- PSC · Pasco, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DLS · The Dalles
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,286 total · 7 in this make and model · 4,088 as pilot in command · 170 in the last 90 days · 72 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Observed at
- SLE, 100 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.