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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20F · Loiza, Puerto Rico · March 21, 1981

Date
March 21, 1981 · 18:02 local
Place
Loiza, Puerto Rico
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N712CS
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA81FA054
Reported as
Mooney M20F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
336 total10 in this make and model10 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 continued into deteriorating weather and crashed after hitting powerline on up-slope heading.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CONTINUED INTO DETERIORATING WEATHER AND CRASHED AFTER HITTING POWERLINE ON UP-SLOPE HEADING.

NTSB investigation

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