McLachlan MONI N96606

Summary

On 15 April 1987 at about 15:30 local time, a McLachlan MONI registered N96606, operated by Scott R. McLachlan, was involved in an accident near Tooele, Utah, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 April 1987 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Tooele, Utah, United States

Coordinates

40.5695, -112.3306

Aircraft

McLachlan MONI

Registration

N96606

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Scott R. McLachlan

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bollinder Field → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN87LA097

1 person had minor injuries.

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 PRIVATE PLT WAS CRUISING THE LOCAL AREA NEAR HIS HOME IN HIS HOMEBUILT EXPERIMENTAL MONI. THE NEWLY INSTALLED ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THIS ENGINE IS NOT A TRADITIONAL ACFT ENGINE AND WAS A TWO CYCLE, TWO CYLINDER ENGINE MANUFACTURED IN ITALY, WITH AN ADVERTISED 25 HORSEPOWER. A MIXTURE CONTROL IS REMOTED TO THE COCKPIT AND THE PLT TRIED TO ADJUST THE MIXTURE. SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PLT TRIED TO GLIDE TO A LOCAL ARPT. THERE IS A POWERLINE ACROSS THE APPROACH TO THE RWY AND THE ACFT WAS TOO LOW TO CLEAR THE WIRES. WHEN THE PLT TURNED TO AVOID THE WIRES, THE ACFT STALLED. THE ACFT IMPACTED ALMOST 90 DEGREES NOSE DOWN IN A PASTURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.