- Date
- March 21, 1981
- Place
- Ryegate, MT · RYEGATE, MT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6844NMooney M20G
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810321011379A
- Case key
- 126588
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1456 81/3/21 NR.RYEGATE,MT MOONEY M20G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 9200 TIME - 0940 N6844N PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BILLINGS,MT MISSOULA,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MUFFLERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING REMARKS- 29% CO SATURATION IN BLOOD CONTAINING A HEMOGLOBIN OF 14.5 GM%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6844N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.