Mooney M-20F N3455X

Summary

On 20 February 1984 at about 23:33 local time, a Mooney M-20F registered N3455X, operated by Wrede, Burton, was involved in an accident near Defuniak Spring, Florida, 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

20 February 1984 at 23:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Defuniak Spring, Florida, United States

Coordinates

30.8503, -86.1994

Aircraft

Mooney M-20F

Registration

N3455X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Wrede, Burton

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ft. Pierce → Alexandria

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84LA088

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 FLYING AT 3000 FT, THE ENG SPUTTERED & QUIT RUNNING. THE PLT STATED THAT HE TRIED ALL EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, WHICH INCLUDED CHANGING THE FUEL SELECTOR POSITION. HE EXTENDED THE GEAR TO LAND ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, BUT SAW AN OVERPASS AHEAD, SO HE RETRACTED THE GEAR TO CLEAR THE OBSTRUCTION. AFTER CLEARING THE OVERPASS, HE DID NOT HAD INSUFFICIENT TIME TO REEXTEND THE GEAR. THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED DURING A WHEELS-UP LANDING. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY & THE LEFT TANK WAS FULL. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS POSITIONED TO THE RIGHT TANK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.