Mooney M20C N6722U

Summary

On 28 July 1988 at about 14:00 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N6722U, operated by Gerald D. Hammon, was involved in an accident near Olathe, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 July 1988 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Olathe, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Olathe (IXD)

Coordinates

38.8795, -94.8108

Aircraft

Mooney M20C

Registration

N6722U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Gerald D. Hammon

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Olathe → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC88LA140

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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT SAID THE ENGINE FAILED. HE SAID HE PUMPED THE THROTTLE AND THE ENGINE RESTARTED ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE RUNWAY. THE ENGINE RESTART PROPELLED THE AFT BACK INTO THE AIR. THE PLT FELT HE HAD SUFFICIENT POWER TO CONTINUE. UPON REACHING ABOUT 100 FEET AGL, HE BEGAN A 180 DEGREE DOWNWIND TURN. ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH THE TURN THE ENGINE FAILED AGAIN. THE PLT SAID HE TIGHTENED THE TURN, THE STALL HORN SOUNDED, AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN. POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION WAS PERFORMED ON THE ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM AND THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.