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This morning at Korh Worcester ma. Moony down on takeoff,pilot died at scene. Aircraft ended up in the woods on airport.
 
http://www.telegram.com/article/20151024/NEWS/151029479

WORCESTER - The pilot of a small plane was killed Saturday morning after crashing into woods off Coppage Drive.​
State police said they were notified about 8 a.m. that a single-engine plane had gone off a Worcester Regional Airport runway upon takeoff and had crashed in a wooded area outside the airport perimeter.​
The Worcester Fire Department responded to the crash and extricated the male victim, who was the sole occupant, from the wreckage.​
The victim's identity and hometown were being withheld until relatives can be notified. The plane was reportedly a Mooney M20M.​
Construction worker Dylon DeBoise, who was working near the airport, told New England Cable News that the aircraft got only slightly off the ground before crashing.​
"It was very low. It looked like it was right above the trees," DeBoise said. "It went up a little bit and then spun over, like almost upside down, and then just went straight down."​
State police, District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.'s office, Massport and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of the crash.​
The airport remained open for business.​
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The DA and PD are investigating? Lol. If by "investigating" they mean doing crowd control, OK.
 
Some kind of power issue and then he stalled it in? What it sounds like.
 
Man tough news. I flew up that way yesterday. The weather was MVFR at the time( overcast at 2,400 or so. I can't believe it was a factor though. It was a beautiful morning to fly.

Clear sky and tailwinds to the pilot.
 
http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.a...-c68b-43e9-811f-2ad99def8766&pgno=1&pgsize=20

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators either traveled in support of this investigation or conducted a significant amount of investigative work without any travel, and used data obtained from various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On October 24, 2015, at 0753 eastern daylight time, a Mooney M20M, N243CW, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain shortly after taking off from Worchester Regional Airport (ORH), Worchester, Massachusetts. The airline transport pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The airplane was not operating on flight plan for the local personal flight, which was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.

Airport security cameras captured partial segments of the flight. The airplane took off from runway 11. One camera showed the airplane in flight, climbing over the intersection of runway 15, or about 1,500 feet from the departure end of the 7,000-foot takeoff runway. Using the height of the airplane's tail as a reference, the airplane was about 80 to 90 feet above the runway surface at that point, still climbing in a slight right turn.

The airplane then flew out of view, reappearing about 16 seconds later, headed in the roughly the opposite direction of takeoff. There was no radar coverage of the area, but based on the approximate height of the control tower, the airplane appeared to be about 200 feet above the ground, in a shallow, climbing right turn. The airplane's nose then began descending, and the right turn intensified. The airplane continued the right, almost nose down turn as it descended into a stand of trees.

The accident site was located in flat, wooded terrain in the vicinity of 42 degrees, 15.68 minutes north latitude, 071 degrees, 52.15 minutes west longitude at an elevation of about 975 feet. The wreckage was confined to an area extending about 100 feet. There was no wreckage path, but there was evidence of the airplane coming almost straight down through the trees. There was no evidence of smoke or fire, either in flight or at the accident site.

The three-bladed propeller and spinner were found together, but separated from the main wreckage and mostly buried in the ground. When removed, the spinner exhibited fore-to-aft crushing, and none of the three propeller blades exhibited evidence typical of engine power at impact.

All flight control surfaces were accounted for at the accident site. The left wing was found separated from the fuselage about 4 feet from the wing root, while the right wing was mostly still attached. The left horizontal stabilizer was also separated from the airplane, while the right horizontal stabilizer remained attached. Flight control continuity was confirmed from the broken flight surfaces to the cockpit.

The engine had remained attached to the airframe, but was subsequently separated from it and taken to a maintenance garage for further examination. The starter ring did not exhibit any evidence of powered rotation at impact. The crankshaft was rotated by hand at the flange, but could only be rotated a few revolutions before it jammed, and could not be rotated in either direction.

The oil suction screen was removed and found to be contaminated with metal fragments. The accessory case housing was removed, and the No. 5 main bearing was found to be partially extruded out through the crankshaft gear. Holes were also noted in internal portions of the crankcase halves, and the No. 6 connecting rod was observed to be broken.

The engine was subsequently disassembled, and the crankshaft was found to be fractured between the No. 5 and No. 6 cheeks. The camshaft was also broken in the vicinity of the crankshaft fracture, and the interior of the case halves were gouged rotationally, consistent with the damage having occurred awhile the engine was still operating.

The crankshaft, camshaft, connecting rods, and bearings were retained for further laboratory examination.
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Tragic.

Catastrophic engine seizure with prop separation? That's just not what you usually hear when these things happen. I don't really know what to say about that other than my condolences to the pilot's family and friends. :(
 
Praying for pilot's family. Unfortunate to lose another Mooney pilot. Rest in Peace.
 
petrolero said:
Tragic.

Catastrophic engine seizure with prop separation? That's just not what you usually hear when these things happen. I don't really know what to say about that other than my condolences to the pilot's family and friends. :(
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It is strange, they didn't mention if the crank flange was still connected to the prop so not sure what failed there.
 
Last time I flew into ORH I remember there being a relatively steep cliff off one of the runways. RIP.
 
jordane93 said:
Last time I flew into ORH I remember there being a relatively steep cliff off one of the runways. RIP.
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That's 11, the runway used in this accident. Lots of trees and urban areas as well, unfortunately.
 
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