- Date
- June 4, 1983, 17:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeville, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N74788Mooney M20B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830604022869A
- Case key
- 35194
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with the smooth water of a reservoir while flying low during an afternoon flight. The acft crashed about 1000 ft offshore when the right wing tip collided with the surface of the water. The acft then sank in 15-20 ft ofwater. The pilot stated that the smooth glassy surface of the water interferred with his depth perception. Due to this difficulty in judging the height above the water visually he should have flown higher he said.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74788
- Reported as
- Mooney M20B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1788
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles D. Malo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TAN · Taunton, MA
- Airport
- runway 12
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,840 total · 1,440 in this make and model · 1,825 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.