Mooney M20J N201HU

Summary

On 11 July 1985 at about 05:20 local time, a Mooney M20J registered N201HU was involved in an accident near Antioch, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 July 1985 at 05:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Antioch, California, United States

Nearest airport

Antioch (012)

Coordinates

37.9905, -121.8097

Aircraft

Mooney M20J

Registration

N201HU

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Auburn

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX85FA314

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

THE ACFT CRASHED INTO A RESERVOIR SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING THE ANTIOCH ARPT. THERE WERE NO EYE WITNESSES TO THE CRASH. HOWEVER, AN EAR WITNESS STATED THAT HE HEARD THE ACFT SKIPPING ALONG THE WATER LIKE THE SOUND OF A HYDRO-PLANE. HE DID NOT HEAR THE ENG, BUT HE WAS LISTENING TO HIS TV WHEN HE HEARD THE SKIPPING SOUNDS. THE ACFT RECEIVED ONLY MINOR IMPACT DAMAGE. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION. A PATHOLOGICAL EXAM OF THE PLT DISCLOSED ONLY MINOR PHYSICAL INJURIES FROM THE IMPACT, BUT THE EXAM SHOWED THAT THE PLT HAD DROWNED. THE PLT'S MED CERT WAS DATED 1/3/83.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.