Mooney M20C N9232M

Summary

On 22 November 1983 at about 03:42 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N9232M was involved in an accident near Near Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 November 1983 at 03:42

Classification

Accident

Location

Near Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mooney M20C

Registration

N9232M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Clintonville → Milwaukee

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

CHI84FAMS1

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

AFTER A TAKING OFF AT 2029 CST, THE PLT CLIMBED TO 7000 FT & FLEW ON A SOUTHERLY HEADING TOWARD THE OSHKOSH VOR. AT 2030, THE PLT INDICATED THAT HE HAD A RADIO PROBLEM, BUT HE REMAINED IN RADIO CONTACT WITH ATC UNTIL A FREQ CHANGE AT 2039, THEN NO FURTHER RADIO TRANSMISSIONS WERE RECEIEVED BY ATC. AT APRX 2040, THE ACFT TURNED OFF COURSE (EAST NORTHEAST) TOWARD GREEN BAY, WI. ABOUT 8 MIN LATER IT TURNED SOUTH, THEN BEGAN WIDE SHALLOW LEFT TURNS. THE ACFT CONTINUED MAKING LEFT TURNS WHILE MOVING SLOWLY EAST, OUT OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. AT 2130, THE AIRCREW OF AN AIR WISCONSIN ACFT MADE VISUAL CONTACT WITH N9232M. AT 2138, THEY REPORTED THAT N9232M HAD BEGUN A RAPID RATE OF DESCENT, & 6 MIN LATER, THEY STATED N9232M DISAPPEARED INTO THE WATER, NO WRECKAGE WAS FOUND BUT PERSONNEL ON A COAST GUARD VESSEL SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL AT THE SUSPECTED CRASH SITE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.