# Accident 19810217004199A: Mooney M20J, Roll, AZ, February 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1981, 16:00 local time
- Place: Roll, AZ
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7517° N, 113.9891° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roll, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7517&lon=-113.9891&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4251H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 625 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810217004199A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLEW INTO GROUND IN GRADUAL HIGH-SPEED DESCENT NEAR HOME AIR STRIP. POSSIBLE PILOT INCAPACITATION. UNKNOWN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX81FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA047), Feb 17, 1981: Mooney M20J (N4251H), Roll, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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