- Date
- December 16, 1966
- Place
- Vanderpool, TX · VANDERPOOL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78917Mooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119395
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4311 66/12/16 VANDERPOOL TEX MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1220 TIME - 1726 N78917 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 180 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOYT FOSTER RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED HIGH SPEED TURN RATHER THAN USE OVERRUN FOR STOPPING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78917
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hoyt Foster Ranch