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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20E · Lee Vining, CA · April 1, 1991

Date
April 1, 1991 · 21:00 local
Place
Lee Vining, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1941Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX91LA154
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
303 total154 in this make and model44 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 side of snow covered mountain. Dark night. Pilot had been flying for 12 hours.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO SIDE OF SNOW COVERED MOUNTAIN. DARK NIGHT. PILOT HAD BEEN FLYING FOR 12 HOURS.

NTSB investigation

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