Mooney M20J N1170G

Summary

On 28 March 1983 at about 23:15 local time, a Mooney M20J registered N1170G was involved in an accident near Warren, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 March 1983 at 23:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Warren, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Warren Municipal (D37)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mooney M20J

Registration

N1170G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Crookston → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83LA153

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 WAS PRACTICING A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF. THE ACFT CAME OFF THE GROUND NOSE HIGH AT LOW AIRSPEED. AT ABOUT 40 FEETAGL THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND WHILE DOING THIS HE INADVERTANTLY RAISED THE FLAPS. THE ACFT MUSHED BACK TOTHE SURFACE. THE ACFT LEFT WING WAS DAMAGED BY THE GROUND IMPACT. THE WEATHER WAS VMC, NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED ANDTHE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED ABOUT 3 HOURS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AS A TRAINING FLIGHT FROM THE U. OF NORTH DAKOTA. THE PILOT HAD DEPARTED GRAND FORKS AT 1445 CST, FLEW LOCALLY ABOUT 40 MINUTES AND THEN FLEW TO CROOKSTON, ND FOR TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. HE THEN FLEW TO WARREN TAXIED IN, SHUT DOWN AND VISITED THE TERMINAL. AFTER RESTART AND TAXI, HE DECIDED TO DO THE SHORT/SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF WHICH RESULTED IN THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.