# Accident 19810510023509A: Mooney M20K, Campbell Hill, IL, May 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1981, 16:38 local time
- Place: Campbell Hill, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9308° N, 89.5514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Campbell Hill, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9308&lon=-89.5514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231DZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231DZ-2012-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360GB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,123 total, 1,272 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810510023509A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOST POWER. MOST LIKELY INDUCTION ICING. BROKE UP IN FLIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER NOTAMS

## 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 CHI81FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA055), May 10, 1981: Mooney M20K (N231DZ), Campbell Hill, IL, 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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