VACUUM PUMP: Pump failed during instrument flight

摘要

HISTORY OF THE FLIGHT: On March 14, 2019, about 1815 eastern daylight time, a Mooney M20C was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Cashiers, North Carolina. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Part 91 personal flight. According to information from the FAA and a commercial vendor, the pilot obtained a weather briefing the night before the flight and filed an IFR flight plan. The flight departed Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (DKX), Knoxville, Tennessee, about 1724 and was destined for Aiken Regional Airport (AIK), Aiken, South Carolina. After departure, the airplane was observed on radar climbing on course to AIK.