# Accident 19831121059579A: Mooney M20C, Green Bay, WI, November 21, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1983, 21:42 local time
- Place: Green Bay, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5192° N, 88.0198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Green Bay, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5192&lon=-88.0198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9232M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9232M-2013-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 259 total, 81 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI84FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FAMS1) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831121059579A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES SAW AIRCRAFT CIRCLE SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN CRASH INTO LAKE MICHIGAN. POSSIBLE PILOT INCAPACITATION.

## 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 CHI84FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FAMS1), Nov 22, 1983: Mooney M20C (N9232M), Near Green Bay, WI, 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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