# NTSB SEA86LA009: Mooney 231, N1162Z, Ione, WA, October 13, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 13, 1985, 12:02 local (19:02 UTC)
- Place: Ione, WA
- Coordinates: 48.690734, -117.290443 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6907&lon=-117.2904&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40320
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40320/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA009

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - planned approach - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
- Fire, descent - uncontrolled

## 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.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1162Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY 231
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25-0664
- Airframe hours: 617
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851013051239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851013051239A), Oct 13, 1985: Mooney M20K, Ione, WA, Destroyed. The aircraft landed long and stalled during go around. The pilot reported a tailwind shift.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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