MIA67A0040

NTSB accident investigation · Mooney M20E · Dunlap, TN · September 27, 1966

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
September 27, 1966
Place
Dunlap, TN · DUNLAP, TN
Injuries
3 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N6024QMooney M20E
Status
Completed · report May 25, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
120973

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1026  66/9/27    DUNLAP TENN         MOONEY M20E         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 100
        TIME - 1415                    N6024Q              PX-  2  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- WITNESS SAID ACFT TURNED OVER AND OVER,LEVELED OFF,CONTINUED DESCENT AT SHALLOW ANGLE,TO BLO TREES

Aircraft

Registration
N6024Q
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.