- Date
- December 16, 1984, 06:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4812HMooney M20J
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841216066809A
- Case key
- 24444
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt received a wx briefing and was advised of moderate rime and mixed icing in clouds. He filed an IFR flt plan and departed. While at 12000 ft, he reported encountering severe rime ice and requested a lower altitude. He stated thathe was trying to fling off propeller ice when radar and radio contact were lost. The wreckage was located in remote mountainous terrain by a ground party directed to the site by an air force acft which monitered a ELT signal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4812H
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-0887
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary D. Baumann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FFZ · Mesa, AZ
- Destination
- CDC · Cedar City, UT
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- PRC, 108 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.