- Date
- July 26, 1979
- Place
- Brocton, IL · BROCTON, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6217UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790726042319A
- Case key
- 133773
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3661 79/7/26 BROCTON,IL MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 350 TIME - 1418 N6217U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANAPOLIS,IN KIRKSVILLE,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6217U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6217URegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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