Mooney M20C N9322V

Summary

On 6 May 1984 at about 19:00 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N9322V was involved in an accident near New Blaine, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 May 1984 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

New Blaine, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

35.2609, -93.4408

Aircraft

Mooney M20C

Registration

N9322V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Benton → Miami

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC84FA281

1 person 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

DESPITE A WX BRIEFING FORECASTING IMC AND DISCOURAGING VFR FLIGHT, THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT DEPARTED APRX 1 HOUR BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. IMPACT OCCURRED IN WOODED RISING TERRAIN AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 1,957 FT MSL AT AN APRX NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE OF 4 DEGS. THE WRECKAGE WAS MIISING UNTIL 9-22-84. AN NTSB WX SUMMARY FOUND PROBABLE CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT TO BE CLOUD BASES AT 1100 FT MSL WITH 0 VISIBILITY IN CLOUDS AND LESS THAN 3 MILES IN FOG BELOW THE LAYER. FORECAST WX FOR THE AREA WAS FOR IMC AND THUNDERSTORMS. POST CRASH FIRE CONSUMED MOST OF THE WRECKAGE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.