ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 35913
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| Date: | Thursday 14 December 2000 |
| Time: | 21:16 |
| Type: |  Mooney M20K |
| Owner/operator: | Horsley Company |
| Registration: | N5772C |
| MSN: | 25-0841 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4128 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-360-MB4B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ogden, UT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kansas City, KS (MCI) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During descent at the end of a dark night VFR cross country flight, the pilot reported that he had his destination in sight and cancelled flight following. Approximately 1 minute and 15 seconds later, the airplane, which was heading west, impacted the east side of a mountain ridge about 6 nautical miles short of the destination airport. The weather conditions in the accident area were high winds from the west with blowing snow. Additionally, moderate to severe turbulence was forecast below 10,000 feet. The pilot's total flight time on the day of the accident was 9 hours 39 minutes. During examination of the airplane wreckage, no pre-impact engine or airframe anomalies that might have affected the airplane's performance were identified.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadvertent VFR flight into IMC, which resulted in a collision with mountainous terrain. Contributing factors were the blowing snow, turbulence, dark night light conditions, and pilot fatigue due to the long flight day.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001226X45481&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 June 1992 | N5772C | Private | 0 | Stanley, ID | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 12-Dec-2017 19:35 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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