# NTSB NYC72AN037: Mooney M20E, N79336, Bryant Pond, ME, September 7, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 7, 1971
- Place: Bryant Pond, ME · BRYANT POND, ME
- Location: 44.3784° N, 70.6459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bryant Pond, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3784&lon=-70.6459&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 15, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164154
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC72AN037
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72AN037

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4017   71/9/7    BRYANT POND,ME      MOONEY M20E         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 463
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N79336              PX-  3  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 136 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          BELFAST,ME                  MONTREAL,CAN                UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- CRASHED ON MTN. RECOVERY DATE 3/18/72. LOW CLGS AND RAIN RPTD IN AREA WEEK OF ACCDT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N79336](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79336-1972-08-14), registration cancelled 1972-08-14, S/N 546, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Registry model: [Mooney M20E](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (registry code 5870212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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