- Date
- July 17, 1967
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ · FLAGSTAFF, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6956UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118547
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0475 67/7/17 FLAGSTAFF,ARIZ MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 528 TIME - 0400 N6956U PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 82 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLAGSTAFF MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION REMARKS- PLT NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 700 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6956U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Flagstaff Muni
N6956URegistration cancelled May 18, 2018 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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