- Date
- July 15, 1975
- Place
- Holbrook, AZ · HOLBROOK, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6998UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150495
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3646 75/7/15 NR.HOLBROOK,AZ MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 499 TIME - 1800 N6998U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 289 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCUMCARI,NM PRESCOTT,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ACFT DMGD TAXYING ON HWY AFTR PRECAUTIONARY LDG DUE TSTM ACTIVITY. HIT BRIDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6998U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6998URegistration cancelled Jul 15, 2003 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N6998U · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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