- Date
- March 16, 1968
- Place
- Yucaipa, CA · YUCAIPA, CA
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1371WMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111130
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0776 68/3/16 YUCAIPA,CALIF MOONEY M20C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 583 TIME - 1715 N1371W PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STALLED ACFT INTO TREES ON RIDGE. LNDG GEAR INADVERTENTLY LEFT DOWN. ALTITUDE 5000 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1371W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N1371W · 2
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