# Accident 20171123024219A: Mooney M20C, Stark, FL, November 23, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2017, 16:00 local time
- Place: Stark, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9519° N, 81.9794° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9519&lon=-81.9794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6894N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6894N-2020-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,146 total, 480 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171123024219A

## Narrative

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

AT 1511, THE RECORDED WEATHER AT VQQ INCLUDED WINDS FROM 030 AT 12 KNOTS, 2 STATUTE MILES VISIBILITY IN MIST, AND OVERCAST CLOUDS AT 900 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 63°CELSIUS (C), THE DEW POINT WAS 63° C, AND THE ALTIMETER SETTING WAS 29.87INCHES OF MERCURY. THE PILOT DEPARTED OCF FOR VQQ.

REVIEW OF PRELIMINARY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL RADAR AND VOICE COMMUNICATION INFORMATION FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) JACKSONVILLE AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER REVEALED THAT AS THE PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO VQQ, CONTROLLER CLEARED HIM FOR THE ILS RUNWAY 36R INSTRUMENT APPROACH. WHILE ON FINAL, THE RADAR CONTROLLER ADVISED THE LOCAL CONTROLLER THAT THE PILOT WAS MAKING ERRATIC TURNS. SHORTLY AFTER, THE PILOT EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH WHILE ON A 5-MILE FINAL. THE CONTROLLER CLEARED THE PILOT TO 3,000 FEET AND ASKED IF HE WOULD LIKE TO GO TO JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (JAX), JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, WHERE THE WEATHER WAS BETTER; THE PILOT REPLIED AFFIRMATIVE. THE CONTROLLER ASKED THE PILOT IF HE WAS ABLE TO CLIMB AND MAKE TURNS, THE PILOT REPLIED "AFFIRMATIVE." SHORTLY AFTER THE LAST COMMUNICATION, RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST WITH THE AIRPLANE AND AN ALERT NOTICE (ALNOT) WAS ISSUED.

## 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 ERA18FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA030), Nov 23, 2017: Mooney M20C (N6894N), Starke, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control due to spatial disorientation while maneuvering in instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing was the pilot's lack of instrument currency and his self-induced…

## Other reports on N6894N (1)

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

- [Incident 20130613024049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130613024049I), Jun 13, 2013: Mooney M20C (N6894N), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. Incident airman stated that he was VFR inbound to non-towered airport, and communicating with another aircraft in the pattern, trying to establish a landing…

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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