Mooney M20J N201GK

Summary

On 1 May 1993 at about 18:15 local time, a Mooney M20J registered N201GK was involved in an accident near Sedona, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 May 1993 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Sedona, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Sedona (SEZ)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mooney M20J

Registration

N201GK

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Public Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Riverside → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX93GA195

2 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 AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED ABOUT 3/4 MI FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY WITH ITS WING ROLLED 90 DEG FROM HORIZONTAL. THE NOSE DROPPED AND THE AIRPLANE DROPPED VERTICALLY. THE AIRPLANE RECOVERED, APPEARED TO CLIMB, BANK SWIFTLY TO THE LEFT, ROLLED INVERTED, AND IMPACT THE GROUND. EXAMINATION OF THE ROLL SERVO REVEALED THAT THE AUTOPILOT WAS ENGAGED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. THE AUTOPILOT CONTROL PANEL WAS DESTROYED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.