- Date
- May 25, 1975
- Place
- Coolidge, AZ · COOLIDGE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3239FMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148835
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1372 75/5/25 COOLIDGE,AZ MOONEY M20E CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 11620 TIME - 1630 N3239F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 3200 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COOLIDGE-FLORENCE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BULLHEAD CITY,AZ COOLIDGE,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- DC-7 LND PREV.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3239F
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Coolidge-Florence
N3239FRegistration cancelled Oct 2, 2012 · Mooney M20EAirframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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