- Date
- April 28, 1973
- Place
- Mcrae, GA · MCRAE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6592BMooney M20A
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730428015689A
- Case key
- 190337
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1462 73/4/28 MCRAE,GA MOONEY M20A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 189 TIME - 1045 N6592B PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCRAE,GA SMITHVILLE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STUDENT PLT,ENCTRD TURBC,ACFT BECAME INVERTED,PLT COUNTER-ACTED WITH FULL R CTLS ACFT SNAP-ROLLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6592B
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6592B · 1
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