- Date
- June 25, 1977
- Place
- Port Huron, MI · PORT HURON, MI
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9349VMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770625038499A
- Case key
- 146760
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4241 77/6/25 NR.PORT HURON,MI MOONEY M20F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 478 TIME - 2330 N9349V PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST CLAIR CO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MACKINAC,MI PORT HURON,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- VFR APRTS NEARBY.HEAVY GROUND FOG.RECOVERY DATE 6/27/77.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9349V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St Clair Co Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.