- Date
- August 20, 1981
- Place
- La Pointe, WI · LA POINTE, WI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1098YMooney M20J
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810820051019A
- Case key
- 124034
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2816 81/8/20 NR.LA POINTE,WI MOONEY M20J CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 980 TIME - 2210 N1098Y PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MADELINE ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINNEAPOLIS,MN LA POINTE,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 15000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 71 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- CRASHED NR ARPT DRG TURN TWD LAKE W GLASSY WTR.BRIGHT NGT,FOG IN LOW AREAS.PLND LOW PASS OVR HOME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1098Y
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Madeline Island
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.