Mooney M20C N78985

7 January 1974 · Norfolk, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Serious injuries

Summary

On 7 January 1974 at about 14:58 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N78985 was involved in an accident during in flight near Norfolk, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 7 January 1974 at 14:58
Classification: Accident
Location: Norfolk, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20C
Registration: N78985
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Myrtle Beach, Sc → Churchville, Md
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0880

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	1	1	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

RADAR FOUND ACFT 90NM OFF COAST. DITCHD 20NM OFFCOAST.

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 3-0880, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
10 Jun 1974	Mooney M20C N7173U	Clarkson, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
19 Oct 1974	Mooney M20C N6673U	Palatka, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
9 Jun 1974	Mooney M20C N9263V	Sanford, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
24 Jul 1974	Mooney M20C N5812Q	Fremont, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	Stormor Inc	No injuries	-
21 Dec 1974	Mooney M20C N6563U	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
1 Jan 1974	Mooney M20C N7867V	Honeybrook, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-

All 777 records for this type

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
17 Mar 1974	Boeing 747 N93114	N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
11 Jul 1974	Piper PA-32 N3379W	Bimini, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Pompano Senior	No injuries	-
20 Jun 1974	Beechcraft S35 N5055Q	23N 71W Atl Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
24 Jun 1975	Cessna 150 N2926V	Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Pompano Aviati	Minor injuries	-
6 Jan 1973	Aero Comdr S-2R N8953Q	Atlantic O.north, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Euramericair, I	Fatal	1
16 Jul 1973	Cessna 150 N8398J	N Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.