- Date
- July 22, 1981
- Place
- Muleshoe, TX · MULESHOE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3464NMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810722043879A
- Case key
- 124620
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1992 81/7/22 MULESHOE,TX MOONEY M20F CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 238 TIME - 1545 N3464N PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EDWARD WARREN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MULESHOE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS CHECK PILOT - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 100 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TKOF IN NOSE HI ATTITUDE.AFT HITTING GND,SLID INTO TREE,BURNED.WND GSTG 20KTS.D/A 7350FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3464N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Edward Warren
N3464NRegistration cancelled Oct 3, 2012 · Mooney M20FAirframe modelMooney M20FEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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