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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20K · Van Horn, TX · April 23, 1982

Date
April 23, 1982 · 16:10 local
Place
Van Horn, TX
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N99996
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW82FQD10
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into cloud-obscured mountain upslope during attempted visual flight. No record of weather briefing.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO CLOUD-OBSCURED MOUNTAIN UPSLOPE DURING ATTEMPTED VISUAL FLIGHT. NO RECORD OF WEATHER BRIEFING.

NTSB investigation

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