19880401060389A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M-20G · Jasper, GA · April 1, 1988

Date
April 1, 1988 · 12:45 local
Place
Jasper, GA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3638N
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88FA131
Reported as
Mooney M20G
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,599 total1,365 in this make and model18 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.

Flew into the side of a fog obscured ridge. Was trying to follow highways in mountain terrain, low clouds, and rain

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO THE SIDE OF A FOG OBSCURED RIDGE. WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW HIGHWAYS IN MOUNTAIN TERRAIN, LOW CLOUDS, AND RAIN

NTSB investigation

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