- Date
- September 2, 1968
- Place
- Mitchellville, MD · MITCHELLVILLE, MD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5808QMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108146
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2844 68/9/2 MITCHELLVILLE,MD MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 5000 TIME - 1830 N5808Q PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREEWAY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STRUCK TWO AUTOS ON US 50,SUBST DAMAGE TO BOTH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5808Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Freeway
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