Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary CHI84FA179

HIGHLAND HGTS, OH, USA

Aircraft #1

N3833H

MOONEY M20J

Analysis

TWO MINS AFTER TAKEOFF, ACFT IMPACTED TERRAIN LEFT WING DOWN, MEASURED 63 DEGREES NOSE DOWN, WELL LEFT OF DESIGNATED DEPARTURE COURSE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE IN THE ACFT STRUCTURE, POWER PLANT OR SYSTEMS. PLT'S ACTUAL INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE, BOTH TOTAL AND RECENT, COULD NOT DETERMINED FROM LOG BOOK SINCE PLT HAD USED INSTRUMENT DATA BLOCKS TO LOG CROSS-COUNTRY TIME. LAST VALID ENTRY FOR INSTRUMENT TIME SHOWED 3.4 HRS ACTUAL/24.9 HRS SIMULATED AS OF 10/10/81.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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