- Date
- March 24, 1968
- Place
- Borego Sprngs, CA · BOREGO SPRNGS, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3387XMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111072
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0695 68/3/24 BOREGO SPRNGS,CAL MOONEY M20E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 500 TIME - 2059 N3387X PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BORREGO SPRINGS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION REMARKS- NON-INST RATED PLT.ATTEMPTED FLT ON DARK NITE,HAD NO VISIBLE HORIZON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3387X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Borrego Springs
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