# Accident 19820423010959A: Mooney M20K, Van Horn, TX, April 23, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1982, 16:10 local time
- Place: Van Horn, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0407° N, 104.8342° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Van Horn, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0407&lon=-104.8342&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99996, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99996-2013-09-17) (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 TSIO360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FQD10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQD10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820423010959A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 FTW82FQD10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQD10), Apr 23, 1982: Mooney M20K (N99996), Van Horn, TX, destroyed, 4 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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