- Date
- May 1, 1977
- Place
- Silver Plume, CO · SILVER PLUME, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9685MMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770501012139A
- Case key
- 152424
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0866 77/5/1 NR.SILVER PLUME,CO MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 649 TIME - 1100 N9685M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 81 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER,CO SANTA MONICA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT REMARKS- AUTOPSY REVEALED MILD ENCEPHALITIS IN BRAIN TISSUE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9685M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9685M · 1
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