Mooney M20A N8311E

Summary

On 12 October 1982 at about 22:40 local time, a Mooney M20A registered N8311E, operated by Amos MAX COX, was involved in an accident near Halstead, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 October 1982 at 22:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Halstead, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Halstead Airport (Pri.)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mooney M20A

Registration

N8311E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Amos MAX COX

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kansas City → Hallstead

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83FCQ01

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING ARRIVAL, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM THE NORTHWEST. HE ESTIMATE IT WAS FROM 330 DEG AT 20, GUSTING 35 KTS. ON FINAL APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTEDLY UNSTABLE DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND TURBULENCE. THE PILOT OBSERVED AND WAS AWARE OF THE POWER LINES NEAR THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. HE STATED THAT AIRCRAFT SETTLED, POSSIBLY DUE TO WIND SHEAR, AND HE WAS THEN UNABLE TO AVOID THE LINES. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AND SEVERED THE POWER LINES AND THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE POWER LINES WERE NOT MARKED. BUT ORANGE FIBERGLASS BALLS WERE MOUNTED ON 35 FT POLES, ABEAM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.