Mooney M20C N5818Q

Summary

On 22 May 1984 at about 23:40 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N5818Q was involved in an accident near Slate Run, Pennsylvania, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 May 1984 at 23:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Slate Run, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Black Forest

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mooney M20C

Registration

N5818Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Black Forest → Trenton Robbvil

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84FGT01

4 people were seriously 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 ACFT CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE BLACK FORESTAIRPORT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ACFT TRAVELED APPROX 2/3RDS OF THE RWY DISTANCE, BECAME AIRBORNE, SETTLED BACK ON THE RWY & BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. AT THE TIME OF TAKEOFF THE ACFT WAS LOADED NEAR ITS GROSS TAKEOFF WT, THE DENSITY ALT WAS CALCULATED AS 4000 FT & THE SOD RWY WAS WET.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.