# Accident 20150910014609A: Mooney Airplane Co Inc M20TN, OC, September 10, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2015, 14:45 local time
- Place: OC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6349° N, 72.8613° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6349&lon=-72.8613&mi=10
- Aircraft: N370MM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N370MM-2016-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20TN (registry code 5870227, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20tn) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-G (registry code 17401, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRPLANE CO INC M20TN
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA349) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150910014609A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS NOT RESPONDING TO CALLS FROM ATC WHILE LEVEL AT FL250 ON A FLIGHT FROM GAYLORD, MI  (GLR) TO ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (ACY) FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS.  AIRCRAFT OVERFLEW DESTINATION AND CRASHED IN THE OCEAN

## 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 ERA15LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA349), Sep 10, 2015: Mooney M20TN (N370MM), Atlantic City (Atlantic Ocean), substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loose oxygen line, which was not detected by maintenance personnel during a recent annual inspection, that allowed oxygen to escape and drain the oxygen canister more quickly than the pilot…

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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