- Date
- December 25, 1965
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N59240Mooney M-20E
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174265
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3708 65/12/25 INDIANAPOLIS IND MOONEY M-20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 125 TIME - 1330 N59240 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPEEDWAY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF ON SOD AREA OFF RUNWAYS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59240
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Speedway