Mooney M20K N231A

Summary

On 15 December 1985 at about 22:20 local time, a Mooney M20K registered N231A was involved in an accident near Langhorne, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 December 1985 at 22:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Langhorne, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Buehl Field (N54)

Coordinates

40.1704, -74.9095

Aircraft

Mooney M20K

Registration

N231A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atlantic City → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL86FA041

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

ACFT COLLIDED WITH MARKED BUT UNLIGHTED TRANSMISSION LINES 670 FT FM RWY THRESHOLD. THE LINES ARE 81 FT ABOVE THE THRESHOLD ELEVATION AND ARE MARKED BUT UNLIGHTED. THEY ARE ALSO 1193 FT FROM THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD. THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT MEDICAL OR PILOT CERTIFICATE. INSULIN AND CHLOROTHIAZIDE WERE FOUND IN THE PILOTS PERSONAL EFFECTS WITNESSES DID NOT RECALL SEEING ACFT LDG LIGHTS DISPLAYED PRIOR TO THE LINE COLLISION ALTHOUGH EVIDENCE OF ELECTRICAL AVAILABILITY WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.