- Date
- July 6, 1966
- Place
- Lake Havasu, AZ · LAKE HAVASU, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5907QMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171138
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0652 66/7/6 LAKE HAVASU ARIZ MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 75 TOTAL TIME - 2240 N5907Q PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE HAVASU AIRPK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- AFTER T/O PLT PERMITTED ACFT TO STRIKE GRND ON UNLIGHTED SEC.OF ARPT.PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL 0.12 PERCNT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5907Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lake Havasu Airpk
N5907QRegistration cancelled Jan 24, 2020 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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