- Date
- January 26, 1973
- Place
- Dalhart, TX · DALHART, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1363WMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730126001719A
- Case key
- 169631
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0024 73/1/26 DALHART,TEX MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1950 N1363W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 36, 715 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DALHART MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUEBLO,COLO DALHART,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK POLE 1/4 MILE FROM END OF RNWY, LNDGLITES NOT ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1363W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dalhart Municipal
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1363W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.