- Date
- August 10, 1968
- Place
- Anderson, IN · ANDERSON, IN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5487FMooney A2-A
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108715
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4800 68/8/10 ANDERSON,IND MOONEY A2-A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 60 TOTAL TIME - 0815 N5487F PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANDERSON 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) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 73 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- APRX 75 LB OVR WT. AFT CG EXCEEDED APRX 1.4 IN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5487F
- Reported as
- Mooney A2-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Anderson
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