- Date
- September 24, 1966
- Place
- Rye, CO · RYE, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6777UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121501
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0812 66/9/24 RYE COLO MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 132 TIME - 0700 N6777U PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PURPOSE OF FLIGHT WAS TO VIEW FALL COLORS OF ASPEN TREES.FLIGHT CONDUCTED BELOW MOUNTAIN RIDGELINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6777U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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