- Date
- September 27, 1968
- Place
- Hugo, OK · HUGO, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2570WMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108246
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3105 68/9/27 HUGO,OKLA MOONEY M20E CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 860 TIME - 0125 N2570W PX- 1 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- POWER BOOST ON,MIXTURE CONTROL IN LEAN POSITION.FAILED TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALT,TURNING BACK TO ARPT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2570W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Nash
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