Mooney M20C N6262U

Summary

On 16 June 1984 at about 20:50 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N6262U was involved in an accident near Middlefield, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 June 1984 at 20:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Middlefield, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Geauga County (7G8)

Coordinates

41.4509, -81.0706

Aircraft

Mooney M20C

Registration

N6262U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cleveland → Middlefield

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI84FA239

2 people died.

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 PROPS TOUCHED THE RWY DURING A WHEELS-UP APPROACH AND THE PLT INITIATED A GO-AROUND WITH BENT PROPS. THE ACFT CLIMBED TO ABOUT 100 FT AGL WITH LESS THAN FULL POWER. THE WINGS BEGAN TO ROCK,THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND THE ACFT FELL STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE GROUND. TWELVE PROP STRIKES WERE FOUND HALF WAY DOWN THE RWY. THE FIRST 8 INCHES OF EACH PROP TIP WERE CURVED 90 DEGS TO THE REAR AND EXHIBITED HEAVY CHORDWISE SCRATHES AND GOUGES. A WITNESS IN AN ACFT WAITING TO TAKEOFF HAD BROADCAST 'DO NOT LAND, YOUR GEAR IS UP,' AS THE ACCIDENT ACFT PASSED ABEAM THEIR POSITION ON THE TAXIWAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.