# Accident 20061227029579A: Mooney M20F, Mt Gilead, OH, December 27, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2006, 14:26 local time
- Place: Mt Gilead, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5064° N, 84.7858° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5064&lon=-84.7858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9596M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9596M-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061227029579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/27/2006 AT ABOUT 1426 LOCAL TIME, A MOONEY M20F, N9596M, S/N 670173 CRASHED INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA IN HARMONY TOWNSHIP, MORROW COUNTY, OHIO. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KNOX COUNTY AIRPORT (4I3) AT APPROXIMATELY 1245 WAS OPERATED AS A 14 CFR PART 91 LOCAL FLIGHT. VMC CONDITIONS EXISTED FOR THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, BUT DID NOT CATCH FIRE. THE TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED AT COORDINATES 40 30.406N AND 82 47.161W AT AN ELEVATION OF 613 FEET MSL. THE WRECKAGE WAS ORIENTED ON A MAGNETIC HEADING OF 063 DEGREES. THE EBC-102A EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER ACTIVATED AND WAS TURNED OFF BY INVESTIGATORS.

## 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 CHI07FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA048), Dec 27, 2006: Mooney M-20F (N9596M), Mt. Gilead, OH, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Both the pilot-in-command/aircraft owner and the flight instructor failed to recover from the stall and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight. Contributing to the accident was…

## Other reports on N9596M (1)

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

- [Incident 19980828035899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980828035899I), Aug 28, 1998: Mooney M20F (N9596M), Ithaca, NY. On Friday, August 28, 1998, at 1230 EDT, a Mooney M20F, N9596M, s/n 670173, registered to paul devore experienced smoke odor in the cockpit and intermittent…

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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