- Date
- November 8, 1980
- Place
- Grand Junction, CO · GRAND JUNCTION, CO
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N231GPMooney MZ0K
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801108063719A
- Case key
- 127890
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3268 80/11/8 NR.GRAND JUNCTION,CO MOONEY MZ0K CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 265 TIME - 2130 N231GP PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 89 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALKER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONGBEACH,CA GRAND JUNCTION,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N231GP
- Reported as
- Mooney MZ0K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Walker
N231GPRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2014 · Mooney M20KAirframe modelMooney M20KEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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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.