- Date
- January 24, 1965
- Place
- Estcliffe, CO · ESTCLIFFE, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1365WMooney M-20
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179897
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0603 65/1/24 ESTCLIFFE COL MOONEY M-20 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 600 TIME - 1550 N1365W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 425 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 36 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 16 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-7/11/65.FLT AT 13500 FT 3.5 HRSW/OOXYGN.PLT REPORTED HE WAS GROGGY 1 HR BEFORE CEASH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1365W
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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