Mooney M20E N79349

Summary

On 15 December 1984 at about 20:00 local time, a Mooney M20E registered N79349 was involved in an accident near Boulder, Colorado, 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

15 December 1984 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Boulder Muni (IV5)

Coordinates

40.0401, -105.3709

Aircraft

Mooney M20E

Registration

N79349

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN85LA045

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 ACFT MADE AN OFF-ARPT FORCED LANDING AFTER THE ENGINE LOST POWER DURING TAKEOFF. THE FLT INSTRUCTOR AND THE PLT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION HAD FLOWN THIS ACFT FOR AN EARLIER SESSION OF TRAINING DURING THE MORNING. AFTER A BREAK AND BRIEFING THE ACFT WAS RESTARTED. DURING THE ENGINE RUN-UP THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND THE MIXTURE WAS LEANED FOR REMEDIAL ACTION BEFORE FURTHER RUN-UP AND CHECK. ENGINE HAD BEEN STARTED ON THE LEFT TANK WHICH WAS USED FOR THE PREVIOUS FLT. SOMETIME PRIOR TO TAKEOFF THE RIGHT TANK WAS SELECTED. AT ABOUT 350 FT AGL AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE CFI TOOK OVER AND CHECKED MOST OF THE CONTROLS WITH NO MENTION OF THE TANK SELECTOR POSITIONING. THE ENGINE DID NOT REGAIN POWER BEFORE THE CFI CUT THE THROTTLE FOR THE LANDING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.