Mooney M20C N74558

Summary

On 14 August 1984 at about 18:15 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N74558 was involved in an accident near Danbury, Connecticut, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 August 1984 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Danbury, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Danbury (DXR)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mooney M20C

Registration

N74558

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Danbury → Bridgeport

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84FNE05

2 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

AN ENG COMPARTMENT FIRE OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF & SMOKE ENTERED THE COCKPIT. THE PLT THEN MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A SAND PIT APRX 1 MI FM THE ARPT. HE & THE PAX EXITED THE ACFT WITH SERIOUS BURNS. AN INV REVEALED AN EXHAUST PIPE HAD FAILED AT A PRE-EXISTING CRACK NEAR FUEL SUPPLY LINES. THE EXHAUST PIPE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY WELDED, BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNRELATED TO THE WELD REPAIR. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THE FUEL LINES WERE BURNED BY ESCAPING EXHAUST GASES WHICH RESULTEDIN THE FIRE. DRG AN ANNUAL INSPN ON 12/21/82, EXHAUST SYS CRACKS WERE WELDED & THE MECHANIC RETURNED THE ACFT TO SERVICEAS AIRWORTHY, BUT RECOMMENDED THE EXHAUST SYS BE REPLACED. NO CRACKS WERE FND DRG A SUBSEQUENT ANNUAL INSPN ON 2/2/84 AT A TOTAL AIRFRAME TIME OF 3316 HRS & AN ENG TIME OF 1754 HRS. THE FLT TIME FROM THE LAST INSPN TO THE TIME OF THE ACDNT WAS NOT DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.