Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aberdeen Regional Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401
Sunday, October 16, 1994 16:30 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE RPM NEAR THE END OF ITS TAKEOFF ROLL. HE SAID HE '...HAD NO TIME TO ABORT', AND CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF. AFTER LIFTOFF THE ENGINE'S RPM DROPPED TO 1800 ACCORDING TO THE PILOT. SHORTLY AFTER THE ADDITIONAL POWER LOSS THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING. AN ON-SCENE EXAMINATION AND ENGINE TEST RUN REVEALED NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES THAT WOULD CAUSE A POWER LOSS. THE MIXTURE CONTROL WAS FOUND ABOUT 1/2 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH AFT OF ITS FULL FORWARD POSITION. THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP WAS IN THE 'OFF' POSITION. A FLOW CHECK WAS CONDUCTED ON THE FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLES AND FUEL SERVO. THE INJECTOR NOZZLES WERE FOUND TO BE WITHIN THE MANUFACTURER'S SERVICE LIMITS. THE FUEL SERVO HAD A FUEL FLOW RATE OF 22.2 POUNDS PER HOUR AT THE IDLE SETTING. THE MANUFACTURER'S FUEL FLOW SPECIFICATION WAS BETWEEN SIX AND SEVEN POUNDS PER HOUR. THE PILOT STATED HE MADE THE TAKEOFF WITH THE MIXTURE CONTROL IN A LEANED POSITION.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
the pilot's failure to assure adequate maintenance was performed on the airplane and the resulting intentional flight with known deficiencies. Factors associated with the accident were the pilot's failure to follow the aircraft flight manual and the improper mixture control setting used by the pilot.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 10/16/1994 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1630 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | ABERDEEN |
| Event State | SOUTH DAKOTA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 57401 |
| Event Date Year | 1994 |
| Event Date Month | 10 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | ABERDEEN REGIONAL AIRPORT |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | ABR |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 180 |
| Airport Elevation | 1301 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1655 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 360 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | ABR |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1301 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 9000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 2000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 16 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 16 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 60 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1230 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Oct 16 1994 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1930 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 6 2000 12:26PM |
| 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 | CGJRA |
| NTSB Number | CHI95LA014 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | Unknown |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | MOONEY |
| Aircraft Model | M-20J |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | M-20J |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 240894 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2740 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Unknown |
| 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 | Jul 26 1994 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 18 |
| Airframe Hours | 3172 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | ALLEN SPECTOR & ASSOC. , LTD |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 24 STRATHALLON BLVD |
| Aircraft Owner City | TORONTO, CANA |
| Aircraft Owner State | |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| 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) | Business |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1628 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | BIL |
| Destination City | BILLINGS |
| Destination State | MT |
| 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 | 17 |
| Runway Length | 3863 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |