ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 380946
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Date: | Sunday 4 September 1983 |
Time: | 12:20 LT |
Type: | Mooney M20C |
Owner/operator: | Aero West Flying Club |
Registration: | N4057N |
MSN: | 680027 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2326 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bloomfield, IA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Davenport, IA (KDVN) |
Destination airport: | Agusta, KS (3AU) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WHILE EN ROUTE, THE PLT ENCOUNTERED A PROGRESSIVE, PARTIAL POWER LOSS. AT 1ST THE ENG BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH, THEN THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPED TO 15 INCHES (18 INCHES HAD BEEN SET FOR CRUISE). HE HEARD A CLICKING NOISE & STARTED A DESCENT FROM HIS CRUISE ALT OF 8500 FT. HE BEGAN A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. WHEN HE SAW THAT THE WIND WOULD CARRY THE ACFT BEYOND THE FIELD HE HAD SELECTED, HE USED WHAT AVAILABLE POWER HE HAD TO CROSS OVER A ROAD & A POND, AND TO AVOID A TRANSMISSION LINE. HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO AVOID A FENCE. THE PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT TORE THRU A FENCE, JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE #4 EXHAUST PUSHROD WAS BENT & THE HOUSING WAS BROKEN.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MKC83LA211 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MKC83LA211
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