- Date
- April 20, 1969
- Place
- Watertown, WI · WATERTOWN, WI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N63714Fairchild M-62C
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185728
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4734 69/4/20 WATERTOWN,WIS FAIRCHILD M-62C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 125 TIME - 1605 N63714 PX- 0 1 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERTOWN,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT,A CAP MEMBER,STATED HE WAS SIMULATING A SEARCH PATTERN. L WG HIT GRND IN LOW TURN.WIND GUSTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63714
- Reported as
- Fairchild M-62C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N63714Registration cancelled Jun 23, 1970 · Fairchild M-62C(PT-23A)Airframe modelFairchild M-62C(PT-23A)
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