Mooney M20E accident near Long Beach, CA
On October 2, 1995, a Mooney M20E (airplane) was involved in an accident near Long Beach, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 2, 1995
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Aircraft
- Mooney M20E · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.811°N, 118.180°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X04716
NTSB summary
On October 1, 1995, at 1907 hours Pacific daylight time, a Mooney M20E, N79820, crashed into the Pacific Ocean after sustaining a total loss of power about 18 miles south of Long Beach, California. The pilot was conducting a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight to Brackett Airport, La Verne, California. The pilot did not file a flight plan; he was, however, receiving radar flight following from Southern California TRACON. The airplane, owned by the pilot, sank in the ocean and is presumed to be destroyed. The certificated private pilot was not found and is presumed to have sustained fatal injuries; the remaining passengers, rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard, sustained minor injuries. The passengers were hospitalized for 24 hours for observation. All three occupants were South Korean nationals. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight departed Catalina Airport, Avalon, California, about 1850 hours. Catalina Airport personnel reported that the airplane arrived at the airport at 1730 hours. The pilot's sister said the pilot arrived from Korea earlier that day; he had been in Korea for about two weeks on a business trip. She said the pilot and two passengers departed his home about 1600 hours and intended to go to Catalina Island for a sight-seeing flight. The pilot had not flown the airplane since he bought it in September, 1995. The recorded communications between the pilot and the FAA Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) sector controller revealed that the pilot initially contacted him at 1858 hours. The pilot reported his position ab
Probable cause
a loss of engine power for undeternined reasons.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
