- Date
- June 6, 1973
- Place
- Camp Pndltn, CA · CAMP PNDLTN, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3518NMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730606015769A
- Case key
- 190236
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1540 73/6/6 CAMP PNDLTN,CALIF MOONEY M20F CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 283 TIME - 1515 N3518N PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEANSIDE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEDONA,ARIZ OCEANSIDE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 70 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- LET DOWN INTO OCST,AUTO-PLT ON. UN MAINTAIN CTL & CRASHED IN SWAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3518N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oceanside
N3518NRegistration cancelled May 8, 2020 · Mooney M20FAirframe modelMooney M20FEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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