Mooney M20M accident near Midlothian, VA
On April 27, 2008, a Mooney M20M (airplane) was involved in an accident near Midlothian, VA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 27, 2008
- Place
- Midlothian, VA
- Aircraft
- Mooney M20M · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.444°N, 77.598°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080513X00659
Official records · MIA08FA094
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC 3 - Potomac TRACON Radar Data RIC ASR-9: Document (ZIP), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Radar Study: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- Transcript of Radio Communications: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC Personnel Statements: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 27, 2008, about 1019 eastern daylight time, a Mooney Airplane Company, Inc., M20M, N429RM, registered to RKJ Aero LLC, experienced an in-flight loss of control shortly after takeoff from Chesterfield County Airport (FCI), and crashed into a house located in Midlothian, Virginia. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight from FCI to Franklin Municipal-John Beverly Rose Airport (FKN), Franklin, Virginia. The airplane was destroyed by impact and a postcrash fire, and the certificated private pilot and pilot-rated passenger were killed. The house was destroyed by impact and the postcrash fire, and the sole person in the house sustained serious injuries due to burns. The flight originated about 1016, from FCI. An employee of a fixed base operator (FBO), at the departure airport, reported the airplane remained on their ramp with the engine running for approximately 15 minutes. The airplane then taxied to runway 33 and remained at the approach end of the runway for approximately 15 minutes. Another employee of the same FBO reported she did not hear any radio calls on the common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF) from the pilot announcing his departure, but she became busy with work duties and people that arrived at the FBO about that time. According to a transcription of communications with Potomac Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), at 1007:46, an occupant of the airplane established contact with the James
Probable cause
The pilot’s improper control inputs resulting from spatial disorientation.
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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.
