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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20F · Buffalo, WY · October 17, 1980

Date
October 17, 1980 · 11:50 local
Place
Buffalo, WY
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9182V
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN80FAMS1
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,800 total0 in this make and model50 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.

Flew into high terrain with forecasted mountain tops obscuration, turbulence, icing. Impacted side of mountain.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO HIGH TERRAIN WITH FORECASTED MOUNTAIN TOPS OBSCURATION, TURBULENCE, ICING. IMPACTED SIDE OF 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.