Mooney M20J N201CQ

Summary

On 28 November 1987 at about 23:40 local time, a Mooney M20J registered N201CQ, operated by Donald E. Keifer, was involved in an accident near Springdale, Arkansas, 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

28 November 1987 at 23:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Springdale, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Springdale (ASG)

Coordinates

36.1790, -94.1409

Aircraft

Mooney M20J

Registration

N201CQ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Donald E. Keifer

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tuscaloosa → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

MKC88LA022

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

DRG A WX BRIEFING BFR TKOF, THE PLT WAS ADZD THAT VFR FLT WAS NOT RCMDD DUE TO LOW CEILING & ICING CONDS. HE WAS ADZD THE FREEZING LVL WAS FORECAST TO BE AT 4000' OVER LITTLE ROCK & TO SLOPE DOWN TO THE SURFACE IN SE MISSOURI. ALSO, HE WAS BRIEFED ON PIREPS OF ICING CONDS IN THE AREAS OF LITTLE ROCK, JONESBORO & FT SMITH, AR. HE ELECTED TO PROCEED VFR-ON-TOP. WHILE EN ROUTE AT 8500', HE OBTAINED THE FAYETTEVILLE WX & WAS ADZD OF IFR CONDS ON HIS ROUTE. HE FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN & WAS ASSIGNED AN ALT OF 5000'. DRG THE DSCNT, THE ACFT ENTERED THE CLOUDS AT 7000'. APRX 40 MI FM THE DESTN, IT ENCTRD ICING CONDS. THE PLT STATED THAT EXCESSIVE ICE ACCUMULATED ON THE ACFT, BUT DUE TO DARKENING CONDS (DUSK), HE DIDN'T NOTICE MUCH ON THE STRUCTURE. HE SAID THAT DRG AN ILS APCH, THE ACFT BECAME SLUGGISH, SO HE ADDED POWER, BUT THE LEFT WING STALLED & THE ACFT STRUCK THE TERRAIN SHORT OF THE RWY & WAS DAMAGED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.