Mooney M20E N333WS

Summary

On 31 December 1998 at about 16:50 local time, a Mooney M20E registered N333WS was involved in an accident near Tryon, Nebraska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

31 December 1998 at 16:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Tryon, Nebraska, United States

Coordinates

41.5503, -100.9402

Aircraft

Mooney M20E

Registration

N333WS

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

North Platte → Rapid City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI99LA057

Nobody was injured.

other maintenance personnel's not correcting a loose cylinder assembly. Factors were loose engine cylinder assembly, fractured cylinder mounting hardware, the roadway, and road sign.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While in cruise flight the engine began to lose power. The pilot elected to conduct a forced landing on a roadway due to rough and hilly terrain. The landing was successful; however, during the rollout the right wing impacted a sign, and rotated into a ditch. Subsequent to the accident an examination of the airplane engine revealed #3 cylinder was loose and six cylinder base studs were fractured. The engine had accumulated a total time of 1,100 hours time in service and 31 hours since the last inspection.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.