19790424009519A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20C · Mercury, NV · April 24, 1979

Date
April 24, 1979 · 23:30 local
Place
Mercury, NV
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3394X
NTSB investigation
NTSBOAK79FA026
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,005 total264 in this make and model17 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.

Pilot misjudged altitude and distance from runway on base leg,struck hill. Factors,fatigue and darkness.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND DISTANCE FROM RUNWAY ON BASE LEG,STRUCK HILL.FACTORS,FATIGUE AND DARKNESS.

NTSB investigation

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