- Date
- August 11, 1973
- Place
- Meeker, CO · MEEKER, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3989NMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730811026529A
- Case key
- 189139
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2581 73/8/11 MEEKER,COLO MOONEY M20F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 137 TIME - 1300 N3989N PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEEKER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LARAMIE,WYO MEEKER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 17K. HIT CONCRETE CULVERT. DMGD LDG GR,PROP AND BOTTOM OF ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3989N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meeker
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.