19740415011629A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20C · Dorset, VT · April 15, 1974

Date
April 15, 1974
Place
Dorset, VT
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N78990
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC74AN088
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
347 total332 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Plt rcvd svr turbc fcst and icing cond rpts for rte of flt.ATC rcvd mayday lvg 5000 tsmn.

As the FAA filed it

PLT RCVD SVR TURBC FCST AND ICING COND RPTS FOR RTE OF FLT.ATC RCVD MAYDAY LVG 5000 TSMN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.