Mooney M20C N4057N

Summary

On 4 September 1983 at about 17:20 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N4057N was involved in an accident near Bloomfield, Iowa, 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

4 September 1983 at 17:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Bloomfield, Iowa, United States

Coordinates

40.7404, -92.4091

Aircraft

Mooney M20C

Registration

N4057N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Davenport → Agusta

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83LA211

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

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.