- Date
- April 6, 1971
- Place
- Rocky Gap, VA · ROCKY GAP, VA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6692UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160210
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0322 71/4/6 ROCKY GAP,VA MOONEY M20C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N6692U PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS AGE 25, 566 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERCER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POUGHKEEPSIE,NY BLUEFIELD,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 33 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- RCVRD 4/7/71.VOR NOT RELIABLE,ARTC LOST RADIO CTC.PLT DSCNDD IN BLIND,HIT TREES.WX BLO APCH MIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6692U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mercer County