Mooney M20C N3644H

Summary

On 15 November 1987 at about 02:10 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N3644H, operated by Carlos D. Salas, was involved in an accident near St. Marys, Pennsylvania, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 November 1987 at 02:10

Classification

Accident

Location

St. Marys, Pennsylvania, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mooney M20C

Registration

N3644H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Carlos D. Salas

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Marys → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

NYC88FA041

4 people 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

WHILE GETTING FUEL, THE PILOT OF THE MOONEY M20C AND HIS 3 PALS WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE FROST WITH PAPER TOWELS AND PLASTIC CREDIT CARDS AFTER BEING TOLD BY THE FUEL TRUCK DRIVER THAT THE ARPT HAD NO ICE REMOVAL SOLUTION. A WITNESS STATED THAT AS THE ATTEMPT WAS BEING MADE TO REMOVE THE FROST & ICE, MORE FROST AND ICE WAS FORMING. WITNESSES WHO OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE TAKEOFF STATED THE ROLL WAY VERY LONG; THE CLIMB AND TURNING BANK WAS STEEP; AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT DESCENT ANGLE WAS STEEP. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND BURST INTO FLAMES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.