# Accident 19810301006919A: Mooney M20E, Roseburg, OR, March 1, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1981, 10:15 local time
- Place: Roseburg, OR
- Airport: Felts
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2236° N, 123.3520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roseburg, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2236&lon=-123.3520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5994Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5994Q-1983-08-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,073 total, 800 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FYK06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYK06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810301006919A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT DEPARTED INTO THICK FOG. BROKE OUT ON CLIMB MOMENTS BEFORE STRIKING TREES ON MOUNTAINSIDE.

## 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 SEA81FYK06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYK06), Mar 1, 1981: Mooney M20C (N5994Q), Roseburg, OR, destroyed

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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