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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20F · Salt Lake City, UT · September 24, 1983

Date
September 24, 1983 · 07:11 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9464V
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN83FA221
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
794 total159 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.

Witness saw airplane shift from side to side and then dive to ground just after takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

WITNESS SAW AIRPLANE SHIFT FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND THEN DIVE TO GROUND JUST AFTER TAKEOFF.

NTSB investigation

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