# Accident 19831024055359A: Mooney M20E, Newark, IN, October 24, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1983, 15:45 local time
- Place: Newark, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1289° N, 86.8072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1289&lon=-86.8072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7144U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7144U-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,673 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI84FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831024055359A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO THE SIDE OF A TREE COVERED HILL WHILE SCUD RUNNING IN LOW CEILING AND FOG. ADVISED TO STAY ON GROUND.

## 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 CHI84FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA027), Oct 24, 1983: Mooney M20E (N7144U), Newark, IN, destroyed, 2 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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