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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20F · Mound City, KS · August 13, 1989

Date
August 13, 1989 · 14:00 local
Place
Mound City, KS
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6960V
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC89FA179
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
1,147 total70 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into an isolated storm cell with heavy rain, lost control and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO AN ISOLATED STORM CELL WITH HEAVY RAIN, LOST CONTROL 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.

Other reports on N6960V · 1

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