Mooney M20E N10SF

Summary

On 8 September 1984 at about 21:50 local time, a Mooney M20E registered N10SF was involved in an accident near Lansing, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 September 1984 at 21:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Lansing, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Lansing Muni (3HA)

Coordinates

41.5604, -87.5392

Aircraft

Mooney M20E

Registration

N10SF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Wichita

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI84LA387

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 PLT HAD JUST DEMONSTRATED THE ACFT FOR SALE AND FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN. RUN UP AND PRE-TAKEOFF CHECKS WERE RUSHED TO BEAT VOID CLEARANCE TIME. JUST BEFORE LIFTOFF, PLT NOTED SLUGGISH ACCELERATION BUT BELIEVED INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINED TO SUCCESSFULLY ABORT TAKEOFF. ON INITIAL CLIMB, ENG BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND POWER OUTPUT WAS MARGINAL FOR CONTINUED FLT. PLT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER DOWNWIND FOR LOW, CLOSE-IN APPROACH. AFTER ATTAINING RUNWAY ALIGNMENT, PLT REALIZED HE HAD EXCESS ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED BUT ELECTED TO CONTINUE APPROACH. ACFT TOUCHED DOWN LONG ON WET RUNWAY AND RAN OFF END, COLLIDING WITH A PERIMETER ROAD GUARD RAIL. POST-MISHAP INVESTIGATION OF ENG REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES EXCEPT WITH LEFT MAGNETO ONLY SELECTED, ENG RAN ROUGH. LEFT MAGNETO, HARNESS AND SPARK PLUGS TESTED TO SPECIFICATIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.