- Date
- March 26, 1982, 19:45 local (Mar 27, 1982, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mchenry, MD
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6896VMooney M20F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71626
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
At 0635 the plt received a wx briefing which included forecasted icing conditions along his route of flt. At 1215 received an updated briefing & was informed that IMC existed along his route of flt & VFR flt was not recommended. At 1536 he called & received the st. louis, MO hourly wx. At 1648 he filed a VFR flt plan & indicated he did not need a wx briefing since he had monitored the wx throughout the day. He was however provided sigment echo 3. The plt departed wilmington at approximately 1805. At approximately 1945 the acft was observed flying at a low altitude in a westerly direction. The witness stated there was a heavy snowfall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6896V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1283
- Airframe hours
- 1,989
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lawrence Wayne Bell
- Registered owner
- David James Macarthur
- Departed
- ILG · Wilmington, DE
- Destination
- CVG · Cincinnati, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Garrett County
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 225 total · 31 in this make and model · 163 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MGW, 24 nm away