- Date
- January 20, 1970
- Place
- Kerrville, TX · KERRVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9319VMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147471
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0011 70/1/20 KERRVILLE,TEX MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2245 N9319V PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 41, 7211 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DALLAS,TEX KERRVILLE,TEX TEMPLE,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 39 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 1/22/70. LANDED ENROUTE,CALLED HOME TO CK DESTINATION WEA. FLEW INTO HILL-SIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9319V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9319VRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2017 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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