- Date
- April 18, 1971
- Place
- Muncie, IN · MUNCIE, IN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3427XMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161350
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3983 71/4/18 MUNCIE,IND MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 55, 141 TIME - 0632 N3427X PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DELAWARE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MUNCIE,IND FT.LAUDERDALE,FLA COLUMBUS,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 70 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 16 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- DEP WX DESCRIBED AS POOR WITH DIST LGTS OBSCD ACFT HEARD BUT NOT VIS.IMPACT OCRD 8500FT BEYOND RWY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3427X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Delaware County
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