Mooney M20E accident near Brooksville, KY
On April 17, 1999, a Mooney M20E (airplane) was involved in an accident near Brooksville, KY. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 17, 1999
- Place
- Brooksville, KY
- Aircraft
- Mooney M20E · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 38.681°N, 84.061°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001205X00556
NTSB summary
On April 17, 1999, about 1730 Eastern Daylight Time, a Mooney M20E, N1987Y, was substantially damaged during a forced landing to a road near Brooksville, Kentucky. The certificated commercial pilot survived the landing without apparent injury, but collapsed and died shortly thereafter. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed for the flight from Marshall County Airport (74D), Moundsville, West Virginia, to Bowman Field (LOU), Louisville, Kentucky. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Inspector, a witness, who was also a pilot, stated that the accident pilot had purchased the airplane on the day of the accident. The two pilots arrived at the airport between 1330 and 1400, and the accident pilot had 45 gallons of fuel added to the airplane. During the preflight, he had difficulty in removing the left wing-tank fuel cap, which appeared to be of a different type than right wing-tank fuel cap. He took four samples of fuel from the left tank before it was free of water. No water or discoloration was found in the fuel samples taken from the right tank The airplane first took off about 1500. However, on climbout, the engine starting running rough, so the pilot returned to the airfield. Once on the ground, the engine smoothed out, and the pilot took off again, around 1525. With the witness's airplane in trail, the two flew across Ohio, stopping once to secure a fastener on the accident airplane. Approaching the Kentucky border, the accident pilot radioed to
Probable cause
Contaminated fuel which resulted in the forced landing, and a heart attack from an adrenaline rush that interacted with preexisting coronary disease which resulted in the pilot's death.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
