- Date
- December 28, 1971
- Place
- Blair, OK · BLAIR, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7896VMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164847
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4228 71/12/28 BLAIR,OKLA MOONEY M20C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1150 TIME - 2230 N7896V PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALTUS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRANITE,OKLA FREDERICK,OKLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 41 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- FLEW INTO FOG BANK AT NIGHT.DRG TURN-AROUND,HIT POWER LINE GROUND WIRE ABT 18FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7896V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Altus