- Date
- April 15, 1988, 23:45 local (Apr 16, 1988, 06:45 UTC)
- Place
- The Dalles, OR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7158VMooney M20E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880415009479A
- Case key
- 40804
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On arrival, plt found destination obscured by unforecast fog, held briefly, then diverted to an alternate airport. On arrival at alt in darkness, plt did not know freq (UNICOM) to activate rwy lights. Plt made low pass to acquire rwy environment as fuel state was critical. On sighting a runway, plt effected lndg but was well down 4649-FT length and overran into ravine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7158V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21-0053
- Airframe hours
- 1,829
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Albert K. Koenig
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 2, 1987 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- BYI · Burley, ID
- Destination
- KLS · Kelso, WA
- Airport
- DLS · The Dalles, runway 7, 4,649 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,833 total · 341 in this make and model · 1,722 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 310° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.