- Date
- November 25, 1970
- Place
- Teague, TX · TEAGUE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6983UMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159304
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2479 70/11/25 TEAGUE,TEX MOONEY M20E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 500 TIME - 2235 N6983U PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEAGUE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LA PORTE,TEX DALLAS,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT DESCEND RAPIDLY,WGS LEVEL. INVEST SHOWED ENG HAD CONSIDERABLE PWR AT IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6983U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Teague
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