- Date
- March 11, 1968
- Place
- Briggsdale, CO · BRIGGSDALE, CO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6030QMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110418
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1557 68/3/11 BRIGGSDALE,COLO MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 37, TIME - 0753 N6030Q PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 1000 TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- NO PLT OR MEDICAL CERTIFICATION RECORDS FOUND.FLYING TIME ESTIMATED BY ACFT OWNER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6030Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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