- Date
- April 20, 1967
- Place
- Las Animas, CO · LAS ANIMAS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3523XMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178421
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1265 67/4/20 LAS ANIMAS,COLO MOONEY M20F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1000 TIME - 1645 N3523X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAS ANIMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3523X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Las Animas
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Other investigations on N3523X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA87LA096Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWagontire, ORDuring takeoff with full flaps and a density altitude of about 6,200 feet the aircraft failed to gain flying speed. Shortly after becoming airborne the aircrafts gear caught on a barbed wire fence at the departure end of the runway. The aircraft then struck…NTSB MKC68D0540Accident · No injuriesClosedRussell, KS