wrote:
Robert M. Gary wrote:
Last summer, Texas/Louisiana neighborhood, I think. The
details were in the story, not the time and place.

I'd like to see the actual report on that. I did a search from 1980-now
for fatals in any Mooney that includes the word "thunderstorm" and only
came up with 3, but none mention the pilot having left the aircraft.
This is what I found.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?...FA032& akey=1

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?...FA116& akey=1

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...14X36345&key=1

The only Mooney fatal I could find in the SE last summer was this one
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...31X01061&key=1

Perhaps that's the one?? The report is only preliminary but doesn't
mention whether the pilot was with the aircraft or not.

-Robert