- Date
- August 8, 1973
- Place
- Roosevlt Lk, AZ · ROOSEVLT LK, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1390WMooney M-20C
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730808032509A
- Case key
- 189220
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2456 73/8/8 ROOSEVLT LK,ARIZ MOONEY M-20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 465 TIME - 1215 N1390W PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAPEVINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER REMARKS- WING SEPN ON CTC WITH WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1390W
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Grapevine
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.