# Accident 19840510016509A: Mnmite M18C, Sugar Loaf Key, FL, May 10, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1984, 12:10 local time
- Place: Sugar Loaf Key, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.5504° N, 81.7809° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5504&lon=-81.7809&mi=10
- Aircraft: N487M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N487M-2012-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M-18C (registry code 5870102, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-18c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MNMITE M18C
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,664 total, 129 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA84FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840510016509A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT WING SEPARATED ON PULL UP FROM A LOW PASS OVER A RESIDENCE. WOODEN WING WAS ROTTED. NOT DETECTED IN ANNUAL.

## 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 MIA84FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA164), May 10, 1984: Mooney M-18C (N487M), Sugar Loaf Key, FL, 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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