ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65322
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| Date: | Friday 29 May 2009 |
| Time: | 13:45 |
| Type: |  Mooney M20D Master |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6628U |
| MSN: | 123 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O&VO-360 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Clintwood, Virginia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Elizabethton, TN (0A9) |
| Ashland, KY (DWU) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Witnesses in the local area reported that they watched the airplane descend in a circle to get beneath clouds before continuing in its original direction. The airplane subsequently passed in and out of clouds before disappearing from sight. Another witness observed the airplane flying in a northerly direction toward a mountain ridge. The airplane then flew into a fog bank at the top of the mountain, and there was the sound of a crash. Examination of the wreckage did not reveal mechanical or flight control anomalies that may have contributed to the accident. The pilot had been under substantial stress in the months leading up to the accident, and had been complaining of symptoms of shoulder pain 1 month prior to the accident. He had been diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disorder, approximately 2 years prior to the accident, but was apparently in complete remission from the disease. It is unlikely that the myasthenia gravis was related to the accident, although the pilot may have been distracted by symptoms of stress or back pain.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 March 2007 | N6628U | 0 | Visalia, California | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2009 10:02 | slowkid | Added |
| 08-Jun-2009 02:55 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 02-Dec-2017 14:55 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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