# NTSB Accident FTW98FA378
> **Mooney M20F** · 1998-08-29 · FORT COLLINS, CO, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW98FA378
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10837
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-08-29
- **Location:** FORT COLLINS, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.590606, -105.129142
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Mooney
- **Model:** M20F
- **Registration:** N377X
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadvertent stall/mush due to his excessive angle of bank during his traffic pattern turn to base.  Factors were the pilot's improper downwind altitude, the pilot not properly setting his Kollsman Window in his altimeter, and the high density altitude.

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