Mooney M-20E accident near Carlsbad, CA
On September 17, 2002, a Mooney M-20E (airplane) was involved in an accident near Carlsbad, CA. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 17, 2002
- Place
- Carlsbad, CA
- Aircraft
- Mooney M-20E · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.128°N, 117.280°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020927X05234
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 17, 2002, about 1300 Pacific daylight time, a Mooney M-20E, N7199U, collided in midair with a Beech 76 (Duchess), N1828A, about 1 mile northwest of McClellan-Palomar Field, Carlsbad, California. The private/pilot owner was operating the Mooney under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot, the sole occupant, sustained fatal injuries; the airplane was destroyed. The personal cross-country flight departed Modesto, California, at 1004, en route to Visalia, California, and departed Visalia at an undetermined time en route to Palomar. Pinnacle Aviation Services, Inc., was operating the Beech under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The certified flight instructor (CFI) pilot and commercial pilot undergoing multiengine instruction (PUI) sustained fatal injuries; the airplane was destroyed. The local training flight departed Palomar at 1258. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for either airplane. The primary wreckage of the Mooney was at 33 degrees 08.223 minutes north latitude and 117 degrees 17.926 minutes west longitude. The primary wreckage of the Beech was at 33 degrees 08.608 minutes north latitude and 117 degrees 18.335 minutes west longitude. The National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge (IIC) reviewed recorded radio transmissions between air traffic control tower (ATCT) personnel at Palomar and the airplanes. The IIC converted all times to PDT. A pilot in the Beech contacted Palomar ground control (GC) at 1247, requesting taxi from its fixed base operator (FBO) to runway 24. The
Probable cause
failure of the pilots of both airplanes to maintain an adequate visual lookout and to see and avoid each other. A contributing factor was the failure of the controller to detect and resolve the conflict between the airplanes.
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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.
