- Date
- March 26, 1970
- Place
- Colo.Springs, CO · COLO.SPRINGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6259UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138682
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0031 70/3/26 COLO.SPRINGS,COLO MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1249 TIME - 1111 N6259U PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 212 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLO.SPRINGS,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- PLT PROFICIENCY FLT IN PREPARATION FOR A CROSS COUNTRY FLT. FLT PHASE UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6259U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6259URegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2013 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N6259U · 1
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