Mooney 101E N5759Q
9 September 1972 · Perry, Florida, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 9 September 1972 at about 19:40 local time, a Mooney 101E registered N5759Q was involved in an accident during in flight near Perry, Florida, 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 19:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Perry, Florida, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Mooney 101E
- Registration
- N5759Q
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Pine Bluff, Ark → Ft.lauderdale, Fla
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-0991
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
RECOVERED FROM SWAMP 9/13/72. PLT FLEW INTO KNOWN TSTM ACTIVITY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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