Accident Mooney M20A N8197E,
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Date:Tuesday 11 October 1960
Time:21:24
Type:Silhouette image of generic M20P model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mooney M20A
Owner/operator:private
Registration: N8197E
MSN: 1468
Year of manufacture:1959
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:3 mi off Wake Island -   U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Oakland, CA
Destination airport:Wake Island
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Two Mooney Mark 20 (Finnegan (30)/Stirling (27)) on record break flight from California to Manila. Stirling ditched after loss of power. The still floating Mooney located at 00:45 next day, but Stirling was not aboard. Long distance (5698 miles) record for light airplanes.

Sources:

The Victoria Advocat 13 October 1960, p1+9

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Jan-2019 10:42 TB Added
14-Apr-2021 19:23 TB Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
24-May-2021 20:49 TB Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
07-Dec-2021 09:24 Ron Averes Updated [Country]
10-May-2022 11:11 Cobar Updated [Destination airport]

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