# Accident 19890115000529A: Mooney M20K, Aitkin, MN, January 15, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1989, 15:00 local time
- Place: Aitkin, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3510° N, 94.1909° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3510&lon=-94.1909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4096H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4096H-1995-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360GB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 717 total, 200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC89LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890115000529A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MADE LOW ALTITUDE TURN OVER SNOW COVERED FROZEN LAKE. ENTERED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND IMPACTED THE LAKE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC89LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA053), Jan 15, 1989: Mooney M20 (N4096H), Malmo, MN, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), WHICH RESULTED IN HIS LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL, DUE SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. A RELATED FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS:…

## Other reports on N4096H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19860603087239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860603087239I), Jun 3, 1986: Mooney M20K (N4096H), Eden Prairie, MN. Cleared to land on runway 18. Overshot final and landed on a parallel taxiway. Landed over a helicopter.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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