- Date
- July 25, 1972
- Place
- Texas, GA · TEXAS, GA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5951QMooney M-20C
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167670
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1083 72/7/25 TEXAS,GA MOONEY M-20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 485 TIME - 1345 N5951Q PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MANSFIELD,OHIO NAPLES,FLA CHATTANOOGA,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 80 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 7/26/72.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5951Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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