Mooney M20C N74721

22 March 1970 · N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Minor injuries

Summary

On 22 March 1970 at about 12:15 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N74721 was involved in an accident during in flight near N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 4 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 March 1970 at 12:15
Classification: Accident
Location: N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20C
Registration: N74721
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: San Andros, Bahamas → Ft Lauderdale, Fla
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1368

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	1	3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DITCHED IN OCEAN.ACFT NOT RECOVERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1368, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Other Mooney M20C accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
7 Sep 1970	Mooney M20C N3370X	Gilman, Iowa, United States no coordinates	Gilman Flying	No injuries	-
2 Jul 1970	Mooney M20C N9384V	Union Grove, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Kenosha Techni	Serious injuries	-
4 Sep 1970	Mooney M20C N2723W	Port Huron, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
3 Dec 1970	Mooney M20C N9232V	Lakewood, California, United States no coordinates	Aviation Unlim	Serious injuries	-
9 Sep 1970	Mooney M20C N2948L	Montgomery, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Epps Air Servi	No injuries	-
12 Aug 1970	Mooney M20C N9226V	Mobile, Alabama, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 777 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
21 Sep 1970	Semco N2079	Missing Aircraft, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
9 Feb 1970	Boeing 747 N736PA	N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 May 1971	Boeing 707 N418PA	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Aug 1971	Douglas DC-8 N8034U	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Oct 1971	Douglas DC-3 N1981W	St Maarten, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
27 Apr 1969	Douglas DC-8 N8601	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.