ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 38232
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| Date: | Thursday 5 February 1998 |
| Time: | 18:29 LT |
| Type: |  Mooney M20E |
| Owner/operator: | Gordon O. Veneklasen |
| Registration: | N9213M |
| MSN: | 1176 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2730 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming 10-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Angel Fire, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Santa Fe, NM (KSAF) |
| Angel Fire, NM (KAXX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane disappeared on a flight from Santa Fe to Angel Fire, New Mexico. The pilot did not obtain a weather briefing nor file a flight plan. The wreckage was located three days later in mountainous terrain at the 10,700 foot level. A witness told SAR personnel he had seen a low wing airplane 'flying in and out of the cloud bottoms' in the vicinity and at about the time of the accident. A meteorological study indicated moderate to severe turbulence associated with mountain wave activity, and marginal VFR conditions in the mountains. Radar data indicated that minutes before the accident, the airplane's altitude varied between 11,700 and 13,100 feet, ground speed reached a low of 64 knots and a high of 270 knots, and vertical speed varied between 4,800 and -6,000 feet per minute ( 80 and -100 feet per second). At one point, the airplane made a complete 360 degree circle.
Probable Cause: The pilot attempting VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his lack of an instrument rating. Factors were weather conditions that included mountain wave activity conducive to turbulence, and clouds obscuring the mountainous terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW98FA121
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Apr-2024 14:32 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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