- Date
- June 7, 1992, 16:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Freeland, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5887QMooney M20E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920607018529A
- Case key
- 42828
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Probable cause
Blockage of the fuel injector servo system. Factors contributing to the accident were: fuel injection system corroded and animals in the landing area.
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
Shortly after reaching a cruise altitude of 1500 feet MSL the aircraft's engine began running rough with a concurrent loss of power. The pilot maneuvered the aircraft north from his overwater position to a nearby field containing approximately 60 grazing cattle and executed a forced landing. During the landing roll the aircraft collided with several cows. Disassembly and testing of the fuel injector servo revealed extensive internal corrosion. Additionally, a small piece of corrosion material was found to be blocking a fuel metering orifice within the fuel injector servo.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5887Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 808
- Airframe hours
- 2,639
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bakke, Keith J.
- Registered owner
- Jablinske, Julia M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1992 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- PAE · Everett, WA
- Destination
- 0S9 · Port Townsend, WA
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,755 total · 234 in this make and model · 1,682 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAE, 12 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.