Mooney M-20 N231AW

Summary

On 14 June 1982 at about 03:00 local time, a Mooney M-20 registered N231AW, operated by MAK Londahl, was involved in an accident near Sandy, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 June 1982 at 03:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sandy, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

45.3806, -122.2303

Aircraft

Mooney M-20

Registration

N231AW

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

MAK Londahl

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Muling → Bend

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA83FA196

1 person 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 ACFT CRASHED INTO RISING TERRAIN IN MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS. NO FLT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE ACFT CRASHED 25 MILES FROM THE TAKEOFF POINT ON 6/12/82 AND WAS MISSING UNTIL 9/9/83. THE PILOT HAD RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM PORTLAND FSS INDICATING CEILINGS OF 1400 TO 1500 FT AGL AND VISIBILITIES OF 4 TO 5 MILES IN LIGHT RAIN. THE REPORTING STATIONS ELEVATIONS RANGE FROM 23 TO 243 FT MSL. THE ACFT CRASHED AT AN ELEVATION OF 2300 FT MSL IN RISING TERRAIN. THE WRECKAGE INDICATED CONTACT WITH THE TREES WAS MADE IN LEVEL FLT AT HIGH CRUISING SPEED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.