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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Dekalb, Illinois 60115
Tuesady, January 11, 1994 15:58 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PILOT STATED THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE WAS DIFFICULT TO START DUE TO COLD WEATHER. ONCE THE ENGINE STARTED, HE SAID IT RAN ROUGH, MAKING POPPING SOUNDS SIMILAR TO BACKFIRING. THE PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AFTER RUNNING IT FOR TEN MINUTES. UPON COMPLETING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION THE PILOT RESTARTED THE ENGINE, STATING IT RAN SMOOTHLY. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MAKE SOFT POPPING SOUNDS MIDWAY THROUGH THE TAKEOFF ROLL. THE PILOT SAID THE AIRPLANE STOPPED CLIMBING WHEN IT REACHED ABOUT 200 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AFTER TAKEOF. THE PILOT BEGAN A TURN TO A DOWNWIND LEG DURING A DESCENT. SHORTLY AFTER ESTABLISHING THE AIRPLANE ON A DOWNWIND LEG, THE PILOT NOTICED IT WAS DESCENDING TOWARD A BRIDGE. HE SAID HE TURNED THE AIRPLANE TO AVOID HITTING THE BRIDGE AND '...GLIDED ONTO THE GROUND.' THE CAUSE OF THE PILOT REPORTED POWER LOSS WAS NOT DETERMINED DURING THE ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION AND ENGINE RUNUP. THE PILOT HAD ABORTED A TAKEOFF ON THE FLIGHT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT DUE TO A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
was an aborted takeoff not performed by the pilot-in-command. Factors related to the accident were the partial power loss for undetermined reasons and the continued operation of the airplane with a deficiency.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 1/11/1994 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1558 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | DEKALB |
| Event State | ILLINOIS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 60115 |
| Event Date Year | 1994 |
| Event Date Month | 1 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 2 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 200 |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | 1445 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 135 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | DPA |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 758 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 14 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 25000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 15 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 0 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -13 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 320 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 44 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jan 11 1994 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1911 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 6 2000 10:23AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N6323Q |
| NTSB Number | CHI94LA061 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | MOONEY |
| Aircraft Model | M20F |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | M20F |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 670416 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2740 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jan 8 1989 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 140 |
| Airframe Hours | 3279 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | GARY TRENDLER |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 1106 MANCHESTER |
| Aircraft Owner City | GENEVA |
| Aircraft Owner State | IL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 60134 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | GARY TRENDLER |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 1106 MANCHESTER CT. |
| Operator City | GENEVA |
| Operator State | IL |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 60134 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1530 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |