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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20J · Oakland, CA · September 13, 1987

Date
September 13, 1987 · 21:29 local
Place
Oakland, CA
Airport
Metropolitan Oakland International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3551H
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX87FA335
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A3B6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
352 total11 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.

Pilot fatigued from all day mountain flying training and low IFR time, lost control on ILS approach and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FATIGUED FROM ALL DAY MOUNTAIN FLYING TRAINING AND LOW IFR TIME, LOST CONTROL ON ILS APPROACH AND CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

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