19871114064819A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20K · Danby, VT · November 14, 1987

Date
November 14, 1987 · 15:40 local
Place
Danby, VT
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N252ZF
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC88FA042
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360MB
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total

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.

Appears aircraft was flown into low clouds with icing condition. Pilot lost control and spun into mountainside.

As the FAA filed it

APPEARS AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN INTO LOW CLOUDS WITH ICING CONDITION. PILOT LOST CONTROL AND SPUN INTO MOUNTAINSIDE.

NTSB investigation

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