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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20F · Troutdale, VA · September 2, 1979

Date
September 2, 1979 · 17:30 local
Place
Troutdale, VA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7747M
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD79FA077
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
987 total0 in this make and model0 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; 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 attempted to maintain VFR in IFR weather conditions. Flew into a fog-covered mountain.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN VFR IN IFR WEATHER CONDITIONS. FLEW INTO A FOG-COVERED MOUNTAIN.

NTSB investigation

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