- Date
- August 18, 1973
- Place
- Shoshone, CA · SHOSHONE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6311QMooney M20-F
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730818027289A
- Case key
- 189107
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2538 73/8/18 SHOSHONE,CALIF MOONEY M20-F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 1321 TIME - 1300 N6311Q PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1003 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHOSHONE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CALIF SHOSHONE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6311Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20-F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Shoshone
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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.