Mooney M20F N9255V

22 February 1978 · Ft.lauderdale, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 22 February 1978 at about 10:25 local time, a Mooney M20F registered N9255V was involved in an accident during in flight near Ft.lauderdale, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 4 people were on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 February 1978 at 10:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Ft.lauderdale, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20F
Registration: N9255V
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, Fl
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0530

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	1	0	0	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

ACFT SANK APPROX 15 MILES EAST OF FT.LAUDERDALE.

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 3-0530, 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
27 Aug 1978	Mooney M20F N6914V	Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
7 Sep 1978	Mooney M20F N6464Q	Charleston, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
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20 Apr 1978	Mooney M20F N9518M	Danville, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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All 371 records for this type

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All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.