- Date
- October 13, 1985, 12:02 local (19:02 UTC)
- Place
- Ione, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1162ZMooney 231
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851013051239A
- Case key
- 40320
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Analysis
The aircraft touched down about 500 feet past the runway threshold of the 2550 foot runway. The aircraft floated and then began to porpoise. A go-around was initiated and while the pilot was attempting to clear trees an inadvertent departure stall occurred. After stalling into trees a small fire erupted.
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
Planned approach - misjudgedCause
Go-around - delayedCause
Proper touchdown point - delayedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Fire
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1162Z
- Reported as
- Mooney 231
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-0664
- Airframe hours
- 617
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-GB4, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sepp Kislinger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 1, 1985 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- PAE · Everett, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- S23 · Ione Municipal, runway 33, 2,550 × 30 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 376 total · 33 in this make and model · 319 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.