Mooney M-20K N4024H
27 September 1982 · Mammoth Lakes, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 27 September 1982 at about 20:52 local time, a Mooney M-20K registered N4024H, operated by Divid C. Matthews, JR., was involved in an accident near Mammoth Lakes, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:52
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Mammoth Lakes, California, United States
- Coordinates
- 37.5807, -118.8408
- Aircraft
- Mooney M-20K
- Registration
- N4024H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Divid C. Matthews, JR.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Lone Pine → Mammoth Lakes
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX82FA364
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 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
THE PLT CALLED MAMMOTH UNICOM & ADVISED HE WAS 10 MI OUT FOR LANDING. HE WAS ADVISED THAT HE SHOULD USE RWY 27. THE ACFTCRASHED INTO A LAKE ABOUT 6 MI EAST OF THE ARPT. TOXICOLOGICAL TESTS REVEALED A COCAINE LEVEL OF 40.0 MCG/ML IN THE PLT'S URINE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Mooney M-20K accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 1983 | Mooney M-20K | Buffalo, Minnesota, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1983 | Mooney M-20K | Old Lyme, Connecticut, United States | Yale Grayson | Fatal | 1 |
| 30 Sep 1979 | Mooney M-20K | Benton, Tennessee, United States | Broken BOW Air | Minor injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1988 | Mooney M-20K | Gunnison, Colorado, United States | Norman F. Casey | No injuries | - |
| 3 Feb 1990 | Mooney M-20K-231 | Winter Haven, Florida, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 18 Jul 1991 | Mooney M-20K | McCall, Idaho, United States | John G. McManus | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 1982 | Piper PA-28R-201T | Truckee, California, United States | Larry Laurich | No injuries | - |
| 1 Feb 1982 | Cessna 180K | El Cajon, California, United States | Hartley Warren | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 1982 | Cessna 182 | Truckee, California, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 30 Jun 1982 | Cessna 205 | El Centro, California, United States | Thomas James Sullivan | Minor injuries | - |
| 31 May 1982 | Cessna 182 | Truckee, California, United States | Charlie Roeschen | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Nov 1982 | Cessna 172 | Antioch, California, United States | Executive Air | No injuries | - |