- Date
- April 2, 1968
- Place
- Broomfield, CO · BROOMFIELD, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6406UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111103
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0729 68/4/2 BROOMFIELD,COLO MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 99 TOTAL TIME - 1121 N6406U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JEFFERSON COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ELEVATOR TRIM ROLLED FULL DOWN INADVERTENTLY. ACFT WHEELBARROWED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6406U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jefferson County
N6406URegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N6406U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.