- Date
- July 8, 1968
- Place
- Gary, IN · GARY, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5506QMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109439
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2311 68/7/8 GARY,IND MOONEY M20E CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 166 TIME - 2118 N5506Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT TURNED AROUND IN SEAT TO CHECK ROTATING BEACON. ACFT STRUCK ROOF OF BLDG,FELL TO PARKING LOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5506Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gary
N5506QRegistration cancelled Oct 12, 2024 · Mooney M20EAirframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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