# Accident 19890813028789A: Mooney M20F, Mound City, KS, August 13, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1989, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mound City, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1395° N, 94.8212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mound City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1395&lon=-94.8212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6960V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6960V-1990-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,147 total, 70 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC89FA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89FA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890813028789A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MKC89FA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89FA179), Aug 13, 1989: Mooney M20F (N6960V), Mound City, KS, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS & HEAVY RAIN WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN.

## Other reports on N6960V (1)

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

- [Accident 19800126001409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800126001409A), Jan 26, 1980: Mooney M20F (N6960V), Albany, KY, Substantial damage. Airplane began to skid on landing roll. Tried to go around. Lost control. Skidded into parked acft.

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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