- Date
- October 2, 1968
- Place
- Baileys Xroads, VA · BAILEYS XROADS, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6770UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108342
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3249 68/10/2 BAILEYS XROADS,VA MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 202 TIME - 2225 N6770U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON-VA. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON UNLIGHTED RNWY AT NIGHT. WENT OVER EMBANKMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6770U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Washington-Va.
N6770URegistration cancelled May 1, 2013 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N6770U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.