- Date
- September 16, 1966
- Place
- Apple Valley, CA · APPLE VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9289MMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120816
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3278 66/9/16 APPLE VALLEY CAL MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1600 TIME - 1100 N9289M PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - APPLE VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM GOLF COURSE FAIRWAY OF INSUFFICIENT LENGTH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9289M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Apple Valley
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