- Date
- March 22, 1965
- Place
- Colby, KS · COLBY, KS
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6936UMooney M-20E
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179295
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0341 65/3/22 NR.COLBY KANS MOONEY M-20E CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 220 TIME - 2158 N6936U PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 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 - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW 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 1300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 15 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 20 22 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING SERVICE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-03/23/65.PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL 0.05% IS IN THE SOBRIETY RANGE AND CAUSAL EFFECT IS UNKWN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6936U
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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