- Date
- November 26, 1967
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL · TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9253MMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113603
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1023 67/11/26 TALLAHASSEE,FLA MOONEY M20E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 114 TIME - Z N9253M PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 73 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR SPECIAL VFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 120267. NON INSTRUMENT RATED PLT FLEW IN MARGINAL VFR. FSS RECOMMENDED PLT NOT FLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9253M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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