- Date
- April 23, 1982
- Place
- Van Horn, TX
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99996Mooney M20K
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820423010959A
- Case key
- 72912
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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
N99996 departed riverside, CA on a flight to nacogdoches, TX the aircraft made a refueling stop in deming, NM, the last known en route position. The left seat pilot held a pvt certificate, the right seat pilot was a former FAA designated pilot examiner. According to flight service station information, there was no record of a preflight weather briefing or known contact with the aircraft by anyone after it departed deming. The nearest weather reporting facility recorded low cloud ceilings and fog at the approximate time of the accident. Examination of the aircraft revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunction or failure prior to impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99996
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 250614
- Airframe hours
- 160
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-6B4, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Sdb Aviation Partnership
- Registered owner
- Sdb Aviation Partnership
- Departed
- Deming, NM
- Destination
- Nacogdoches, TX
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 450 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 15° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 109 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.