48.1614° N, 94.5125° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Waskish, MN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 1, 1987 · 15:10 local
Place
Waskish, MN
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N11665
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A3B6
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
1,031 total4 in this make and model4 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.
Continued flight into IMC and a whiteout area. Had been following highway at low altitude. Lost control and crashed.
As the FAA filed it
CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO IMC AND A WHITEOUT AREA. HAD BEEN FOLLOWING HIGHWAY AT LOW ALTITUDE.LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.