Mooney M20M accident near Evansville, IN
On November 27, 2001, a Mooney M20M (airplane) was involved in an accident near Evansville, IN. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 27, 2001
- Place
- Evansville, IN
- Aircraft
- Mooney M20M · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.037°N, 87.531°W
- NTSB ID
- 20011206X02356
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 27, 2001, at 1513 central standard time, a Mooney M20M, N7775L, piloted by a private pilot, was destroyed on impact with terrain and fire approximately one mile north of Evansville Regional Airport (EVV), Evansville, Indiana. The flight was returning to EVV after smoke was reported in the cockpit which was then followed by a report of fire at an unspecified location aboard the airplane. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating on an instrument flight rules flight plan. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The flight originated from EVV, at 1512, and was en route to Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana. The airplane was topped off with fuel prior to departure. A lineman, who was also a aircraft rescue firefighter, stated that he refueled the right wing after the left wing was refueled with 100 low lead aviation fuel by another lineman. The following radio transmissions were recorded between EVV Air Traffic Control Tower and N7775L: At 1502:35, N7775L transmitted, "evansville clearance delivery mooney triple seven five lima." At 1502:40, Evansville Clearance Delivery (CD) transmitted, "mooney triple seven five lima is cleared to indianapolis as filed maintain four thousand expect niner thousand one zero minutes after departure departure frequency one two seven point three five squawk four five two one." At 1502:57, N7775L transmitted, "mooney triple seven five lima is cleared to indianapolis as filed climb and maintain four expect nine in
Probable cause
The fatigue failure of the turbocharger exhaust band clamp and aircraft control not possible by the pilot due to the fire.
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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.
