Mooney MO-20J N5764D

Summary

On 7 April 1985 at about 22:09 local time, a Mooney MO-20J registered N5764D was involved in an accident near Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 April 1985 at 22:09

Classification

Accident

Location

Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Lock Haven (LHV)

Coordinates

41.1306, -77.4506

Aircraft

Mooney MO-20J

Registration

N5764D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jamestown → Newport News

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

NYC85FA103

5 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

PREFLT WX BRIEFINGS WERE ISSUED TO THE PLT THAT FORECASTED MODERATE ICING & TURBULENCE FROM 3000 TO 14000 FT ACROSS THE PLANNED ROUTE. AN IFR FLT PLAN WAS FILED AND DURING THE FLT THE PLT REPORTED ENGINE PROBLEMS AT 1100 FT MSL. DURING VECTORS TO CLOSEST ARPT PLT REPORTED ENG OPERATING & REQUESTED ARPT WITH BETTER WX. DURING VECTORS TO ARPT PLT REPORTED RIME ICE FORMING ON ACFT & ENG FAILURE AT 9000 FT MSL. THE ACFT WAS VECTORED TO THE CLOSET ARPT. RADAR CONTACT & COMMUNICATIONS WERE LOST & THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN SOUTHEAST OF THE ARPT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.