Mooney M20D accident near Bear Valley, CA
On September 2, 1999, a Mooney M20D (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bear Valley, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 2, 1999
- Place
- Bear Valley, CA
- Aircraft
- Mooney M20D · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.350°N, 120.200°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19788
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 2, 1999, between 1138 and 1245 hours Pacific daylight time, a Mooney M20D, N6831U, owned and operated by the pilot, descended into mountainous terrain about 10 nautical miles east-northeast of Bear Valley, California. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed during the personal flight, and no flight plan was filed. The flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane was destroyed, and the commercial pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from Corona, California, between 0930 and 1000. Family members reported that the pilot planned to fly from the uncontrolled Corona Municipal Airport, where the airplane was based, to the Fallon, Nevada, Municipal Airport in order to attend a wedding. The pilot's departure time was approximated and was based, in part, upon the pilot's receipt of a weather briefing at 0847 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and a fuel receipt time stamped 0915. The pilot's route of flight was not determined, and no FAA en route services were provided to the pilot. No witnesses reported observing the accident. On September 4, 1999, the Civil Air Patrol located the accident site in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, about 80 nmi south-southwest of Fallon. The wreckage was located above the tree line, in the Stanislaus National Forest. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot held a commercial pilot certificate with an instrument rating. No current flight record logbook was located in the wreckage. Previous logbooks terminated with flights performed prior to August 1996. The pilot's last biennial
Probable cause
The pilot's in-flight loss of control for undetermined 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.
