Mooney M20C N7861V

31 October 1976 · Andes, New York, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 31 October 1976 at about 20:00 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N7861V was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Andes, New York, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 October 1976 at 20:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Andes, New York, United States
Nearest airport: Del Savio
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20C
Registration: N7861V
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Lakeville, Ny
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-3563

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	0

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

DPTD FM UNLIT AIRSTRIP. HIT MTN AT 1750FT MSL.

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 3-3563, 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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