Mooney Airplane Co Inc M20TN accident near Atlantic City, AO
On September 10, 2015, a Mooney Airplane Co Inc M20TN (airplane) was involved in an accident near Atlantic City, AO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 10, 2015
- Place
- Atlantic City, AO
- Aircraft
- Mooney Airplane Co Inc M20TN · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 37.635°N, 72.861°W
- NTSB ID
- 20150910X75635
Official records · ERA15LA349
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Air Traffic Control Transcripts: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn September 10, 2015, about 1448 eastern daylight time, a Mooney M20TN airplane, N370MM, impacted the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The commercial pilot was fatally injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane was owned by the pilot and the flight was being conducted as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Day visual meteorological conditions existed near the accident site about the time of the accident, and an instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed. The flight originated from Gaylord Regional Airport (GLR), Gaylord, Michigan, about 1200 and was destined for Atlantic City International Airport (ACY), Atlantic City, New Jersey. According to the pilot's logbook and a fuel receipt, he flew the accident airplane for 1 hour on September 7, 2015, and then fueled the airplane with 11.4 gallons of 100LL aviation fuel. There were no other fuel transactions or flights between that time and the day of the accident. The pilot reported in his flight plan that there was sufficient fuel onboard the airplane for 6 hours of flight. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) records, the airplane departed GLR about 1200, and at 1214:04, the pilot checked in and informed the controller that he was climbing from 17,600 to 21,000 ft mean sea level (msl). The controller then instructed the pilot to climb to 25,000 ft msl, and the pilot read back the assigned altitude and continued toward the destination. About 23 minutes later, while
Probable cause
A loose oxygen line, which was not detected by maintenance personnel during a recent annual inspection, that allowed oxygen to escape and drain the oxygen canister more quickly than the pilot expected. This reduced the pilot's availability of supplemental oxygen and led to his experiencing hypoxia and the airplane subsequently flying on autopilot until it eventually lost power due to fuel starvati
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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.
