Mooney M20J N5750L

Summary

On 3 October 1985 at about 18:27 local time, a Mooney M20J registered N5750L, operated by Aero Venture, Inc, was involved in an accident near Robbinsville, New Jersey, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 October 1985 at 18:27

Classification

Accident

Location

Robbinsville, New Jersey, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mooney M20J

Registration

N5750L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Aero Venture, Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Robbinsville → Utica

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC86FA001

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

DURING IFR DEPARTURE FROM AN UNCONTROLLED ARPT, THE ACFT WAS INSTRUCTED TO SQUAWK THE DISCRETE FREQ THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED IN PRE-FLT CLEARANCE. THE PLT ACKNOWLEDGED THE FREQ. THE ACFT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR. GROUND WITNESSES SAW THE ACFT DESCEND OUT OF THE LOW CLOUDS AT A HIGH SPEED. THE PLT HAD 11 HRS OF IFR PIC EXPERIENCE AND 83 HRS OF IFR DUAL INSTRUCTION. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WERE FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.