# Accident 19920327007709A: Mooney M20M, Charleston, WV, March 27, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1992, 15:40 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9136J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9136J-1993-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540AF1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO92FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920327007709A

## Narrative

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

OFF ILS COURSE. VECTORS FOR MISSED APPROACH. DESCENDED INTO TREES. FREEZING RAIN IN AREA. HEAVY ICE ON AIRCRAFT.

## 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 BFO92FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA048), Mar 27, 1992: Mooney M20M (N9136J), Youngs Bottom, WV, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE INFLIGHT DECISION TO CONTINUE FLIGHT IN ICING CONDITION WHICH RESULTED IN DEGRADED AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE, INADEQUATE AIRSPEED, AND AERODYNAMIC STALL. A RELATED FACTOR IS THE…

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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