Mooney M20F N6896V

Summary

On 27 March 1982 at about 00:45 local time, a Mooney M20F registered N6896V, operated by Lawrence Wayne Bell, was involved in an accident near McHenry, Maryland, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 March 1982 at 00:45

Classification

Accident

Location

McHenry, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Garrett County

Coordinates

39.5491, -79.3500

Aircraft

Mooney M20F

Registration

N6896V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lawrence Wayne Bell

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wilmington → Cincinnati

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL82FA086

3 people died.

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

AT 0635 THE PLT RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING WHICH INCLUDED FORECASTED ICING CONDITIONS ALONG HIS ROUTE OF FLT. AT 1215 RECEIVED AN UPDATED BRIEFING & WAS INFORMED THAT IMC EXISTED ALONG HIS ROUTE OF FLT & VFR FLT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. AT 1536 HE CALLED & RECEIVED THE ST. LOUIS, MO HOURLY WX. AT 1648 HE FILED A VFR FLT PLAN & INDICATED HE DID NOT NEED A WX BRIEFING SINCE HE HAD MONITORED THE WX THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HE WAS HOWEVER PROVIDED SIGMENT ECHO 3. THE PLT DEPARTED WILMINGTON AT APPROXIMATELY 1805. AT APPROXIMATELY 1945 THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION. THE WITNESS STATED THERE WAS A HEAVY SNOWFALL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.