Mooney M20 N5279B

Summary

On 28 May 1988 at about 22:00 local time, a Mooney M20 registered N5279B was involved in an accident near Jamestown, Colorado, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 May 1988 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Jamestown, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

40.1098, -105.3900

Aircraft

Mooney M20

Registration

N5279B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boulder → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN88FA115

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

THE PLT TOLD A FRIEND THAT HE WAS GOING TO CONDUCT A SIGHTSEEING FLT IN THE LOCAL AREA. RESIDENTS OF A SMALL TOWN 2 MILES FROM THE ACDT SITE SAID THE ACFT CIRCLED THE TOWN AT LOW ALT SEVERAL TIMES AT ABOUT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACDT. THE SAR SATELITE PICKED UP THE ELT SIG AT 2125 AND THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND BY A GROUND PARTY DURING THE NIGHT, AT 0150. A GLIDER PLT, WHO FLEW THRU THE AREA AT ABOUT THE TIME THE WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE ACFT, ALSO SAW AN ACFT MANEUVERING AT LOW ALT NEAR THE TOWN. HE SAID THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMP WAS 70 TO 75 DEG F AND THERE WERE DOWNDRAFTS, 500 TO 1,000 FPM IN THE AREA. THE DENSITY ALT AT THE ACDT SITE WAS CALCULATED TO BE ABOUT 11,000 FT AND THERE WERE 3 PERSONS ON BOARD THE ACFT. THE TERRAIN AT THE ACDT SITE IS ROUGH AND MOUNTAINOUS WITH SHARPLY RISING TERRAIN TO THE N,W, AND S. FOUR 5 GAL DRUMS WERE FOUND AT THE ACDT SITE AND A PLACARD FOR AUTO FUEL WAS FOUND ON THE PANEL. NO STC WAS ISSUED FOR THIS ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.