19880529016279A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20 · Jamestown, CO · May 29, 1988

Date
May 29, 1988 · 16:00 local
Place
Jamestown, CO
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5279B
Reported as
Mooney M20
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A1A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
776 total28 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.

Wreckage was found in a creek bed in mountain terrain. Had struck trees prior to ground impact.

As the FAA filed it

WRECKAGE WAS FOUND IN A CREEK BED IN MOUNTAIN TERRAIN. HAD STRUCK TREES PRIOR TO GROUND IMPACT.