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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20C · Grace, ID · July 18, 2011

Date
July 18, 2011 · 17:46 local
Place
Grace, ID
Airport
Simpson
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6855N
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR11FA335
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
552 total460 in this make and model6 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.

Aircraft made low pass over airport, upwind and parallel to runway 16, entered right bank of approxametly 45 degrees, followed by a left bank, and nosed over into the ground.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT MADE LOW PASS OVER AIRPORT, UPWIND AND PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 16, ENTERED RIGHT BANK OF APPROXAMETLY 45 DEGREES, FOLLOWED BY A LEFT BANK, AND NOSED OVER INTO THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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