Mooney M20 N99WK

4 August 1974 · Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 August 1974 at about 01:30 local time, a Mooney M20 registered N99WK was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 4 August 1974 at 01:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: Mt Vernon Outland
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20
Registration: N99WK
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Sparta, Ill → Return
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 3-2469

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

Probable cause

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

PLT FAILD TO ENGAGE GR HANDLE IN LOCK POSN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2469, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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