ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 38705
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| Date: | Saturday 3 December 1988 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Mooney M20J |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N201UL |
| MSN: | 24-0373 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1845 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vermillion, IL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Terre Haute, IN (3I3) |
| (3I3) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE OWNER/PLT & AN INSTRUCTOR (CFI/CHECK PLT) DEPARTED TERRE HAUTE ON A LOCAL FLT TO PROVIDE A BIENNIAL FLT REVIEW (BFR) FOR THE OWNER/PLT. ABOUT 30 MIN LATER, A WITNESS HEARD THE ACFT'S ENG 'POWER UP' TO WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS A FULL POWER SETTING. HE THEN SAW THE ACFT DESCENDING 'STRAIGHT DOWN IN A CLOCKWISE SPIRAL WITH THE COCKPIT TO THE INSIDE OF THE TURN' UNTIL IT DISAPPEARED FROM HIS VIEW. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ACFT SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A RIGHT SPIRALING DESCENT. THERE WAS NO HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT OF THE ACFT AFTER IMPACT. RECORDS SHOWED THAT THE PLT/OWNER HAD 1721 HRS OF FLT TIME WITH ABOUT 300 HRS IN THIS MAKE/MODEL; NO RECORD OF SPIN TRAINING WAS FOUND REGARDINGTHE OWNER/PLT. AN EXAM OF THE CFI/CHECK PLT'S FLT LOG SHOWED HE HAD A TOTAL FLT TIME OF 472 HRS (OF WHICH 271 HRS WAS AS A CFI); HOWEVER, THE CFI HAD LOGGED NO PREVIOUS FLT TIME IN ANY MOONEY ACFT. ON THIS FLT, THE PLT/OWNER WAS CONSIDERED TO THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC). CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X27391
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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