Mooney M20K N252KD

Summary

On 27 July 2000 at about 15:50 local time, a Mooney M20K registered N252KD, operated by Keith E. Duvall, was involved in an accident near Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 July 2000 at 15:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States

Coordinates

41.0117, -105.1089

Aircraft

Mooney M20K

Registration

N252KD

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Keith E. Duvall

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boulder → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN00FA141

1 person died.

the airplane's in-flight collision with hilly terrain for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The single-engine airplane impacted terrain just below the peak of a 100-foot ridge, cleared the ridge, and descended into the valley located on the opposite side of the ridge from the initial impact. A post-crash fire burned the airplane along with approximately 4,000 acres of grass and brush. There were no witnesses to the accident and no distress calls were received from the commercial pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No anomalies were noted during examination of the aircraft, and the propeller displayed evidence of engine power at the time of impact.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.