- Date
- February 13, 1965
- Place
- Portage, WI · PORTAGE, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5261BMooney M20A
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179681
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1200 65/2/13 PORTAGE WIS MOONEY M20A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 183 TIME - 1300 N5261B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- AIRCRAFT WHEELS BROKE THROUGH ICE ON RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5261B
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5261BRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2012 · Mooney M20Airframe modelMooney M20Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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