Mooney M21 N5603Q
8 December 1971 · Encino, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 8 December 1971 at about 02:45 local time, a Mooney M21 registered N5603Q was involved in an accident during in flight near Encino, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 02:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Encino, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Mooney M21
- Registration
- N5603Q
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Corpus Cristi, Tex → McAllen, Tex
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-4244
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
RCVRY DATE 12/8/71. NIGHT, KNOWN LOW CEILINGS, VERY SPARSELY POPULATED AREA.DSNDD WINGS LVL ATTITUDE
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Mooney M21 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 1971 | Mooney M21 | Zelienople, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 14 Feb 1971 | Mooney M21 | North Shore, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Apr 1973 | Mooney M21 | Quitman, Georgia, United States | RCM Enterprise | No injuries | - |
| 27 May 1968 | Mooney M21 | Crosbyton, Texas, United States | Ridpath Aviati | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jun 1968 | Mooney M21 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jun 1968 | Mooney M21 | Palo Alto, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1971 | M Mustang M-1 | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jan 1971 | Cessna 172 | Creston, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1971 | Piper PA-22 | Sarasota, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1971 | Cessna 172K | Bethany, Oklahoma, United States | Diamond Air, In | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1971 | Taylorcraft DCO-65 | Portage, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1971 | Flybaby 1A | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |