# NTSB ATL82FA086: Mooney M20F, N6896V, Mchenry, MD, March 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 26, 1982, 19:45 local (Mar 27, 1982, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Mchenry, MD
- Coordinates: 39.549057, -79.350044 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5491&lon=-79.3500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71626
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82FA086
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71626/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA086

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - snow (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise - normal
  - terrain condition - high terrain

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6896V-1985-05-22), registration cancelled 1985-05-22, S/N 22-1283 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Registry model: [Mooney M20F](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (registry code 5870214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-1283
- Airframe hours: 1989
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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

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.

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