- Date
- March 20, 1966
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5279BMooney M20
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0564 66/3/20 INDIANAPOLIS IND MOONEY M20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 38, 27 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N5279B PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION ON FARM FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5279B
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5279BRegistration cancelled Apr 8, 2013 · Mooney M20Airframe modelMooney M20Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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