- Date
- March 31, 1966
- Place
- Freeland, MI · FREELAND, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5647QMooney MK 20C
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172444
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0407 66/3/31 FREELAND MICH MOONEY MK 20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 376 TIME - 2018 N5647Q PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 203 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI-CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 34 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 4/1/66.FSS USED DF STEERS IN ATTEMPT RETURN PILOT TO VOR STATION AND AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5647Q
- Reported as
- Mooney MK 20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tri-City
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