# Accident 20080316837499A: Mooney M20C, Atkins, VA, March 16, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2008, 10:37 local time
- Place: Atkins, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8670° N, 81.3986° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atkins, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8670&lon=-81.3986&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFRSK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 327 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080316837499A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN IFR CRUISE FLIGHT FROM CHARLESTON, WV (CRW) TO JACKSONVILLE, FL (CRG), AT 6200 FEET WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED AIRFRAME ICING AND REQUESTED A LOWER ALTITUDE.  HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE MINIMUM SECTOR ALTITUDE FOR THAT AREA WAS 6200 FEET, THE CONTROLLER GAVE THE PILOT A 30 DEGREE LEFT TURN.  ANOTHER PILOT, IN AN AIRPLANE ABOUT 30 NAUTICAL MILES TO THE EAST, REPORTED CLOUD TOPS AT 7500 FEET.  THE CONTROLLER ASKED THE PILOT IF HE WOULD LIKE TO CLIMB TO 8000 FEET, AND THE PILOT RESPONED THAT HE WOULD.  ABOUT 3 MINUTES LATER, THE PILOT ADVISED THE CONTROLLER THAT HE WAS LOSING ALTITUDE.  THE CONTROLLER TOLD HIM TO MAINTAIN WHATEVER ALTITUDE HE COULD, AND ADVISED HIM OF THE LOCATION OF THE NEAREST AIRPORT.  THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED IN A WOODED AREA IN JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE AIRPORT, VA (MKJ).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE TWO OCCUPANTS ONBOARD SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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