# NTSB MIA69D0182: Mooney M20E, N3243F, Tarpum Hd, Burkina Faso, October 1, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 1, 1968
- Place: Tarpum Hd, Burkina Faso · TARPUM HD, Bahamas
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 8, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107143
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA69D0182
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69D0182

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0016   68/10/1   TARPUM HD,BAHAMAS   MOONEY M20E         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 65, 530
        TIME - 1430                    N3243F              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 373 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCK SOUND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: GO-AROUND
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        REMARKS- CRASHED IN OCEAN NEAR SHORE DURING TSTM. INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BAHAMAS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3243F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3243F-2010-02-11), registration cancelled 2010-02-11, S/N 670036, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Registry model: [Mooney M20E](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (registry code 5870212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Rock Sound

## Other investigations on N3243F (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC99LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA202), Aug 15, 1999: Mooney M20E (N3243F), Prattsburg, NY, destroyed. Probable cause: Propeller blade separation, resulting from fatigue cracking initiated by intergranular corrosion. A factor was the lack of propeller blade corrosion inspection requirements.

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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