- Date
- February 6, 1970
- Place
- Joshua Tree, CA · JOSHUA TREE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9403VMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144339
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0795 70/2/6 JOSHUA TREE,CALIF MOONEY M20F CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 28, 484 TIME - 1500 N9403V PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 172 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GIANT ROCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YUCCA VALLEY LONG BEACH,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- CABIN DOOR UNLATCHED.DRG ATMT TO CLOSE DOOR PLT LOST CTL OF ACFT,HIT TREE DRG RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9403V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Giant Rock
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