Mooney M20E N6032Q

Summary

On 1 May 1982 at about 19:09 local time, a Mooney M20E registered N6032Q, operated by Edward W. Onken, was involved in an accident near Hanksville, Utah, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 May 1982 at 19:09

Classification

Accident

Location

Hanksville, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Bullfrog Basin (U07)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mooney M20E

Registration

N6032Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Edward W. Onken

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grand Junction → Glen Canyon

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82DA077

Nobody was 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

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 19, A GUST OF WIND FROM ABOUT 270 DEGREES WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE PLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD APPLIED CORRECTIVE ACTION, AND THE PLANE WAS TRACKING BACK TO THE RUNWAY, WHEN THE LEFT GEAR STRUCK A RUNWAY MARKER AND FAILED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PLANE VEERED BACK TO THE LEFT, HIT ANOTHER RUNWAY MARKER, AND THEN HIT A FENCE. DURING THE ACCIDENT SEQUENCE, THE OTHER TWO LANDING GEAR FAILED. THE ELEVATION OF THE AIRPORT WAS 4167 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.