- Date
- February 22, 1969
- Place
- Elkton, VA · ELKTON, VA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2556WMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191095
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0826 69/2/22 ELKTON,VA MOONEY M20E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0150 N2556W PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 25, 296 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 22 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- APRX 10 MIN AFTER T/O PLT REPORTED HEAD 070 DEG,FSS HAD ACFT ON DF BRG OF 340 DEG.HIT SIDE OF MT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2556W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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