- Date
- September 24, 1966
- Place
- Pickstown, SD · PICKSTOWN, SD
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6430UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120830
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3291 66/9/24 PICKSTOWN S DAK MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 328 TIME - 1100 N6430U PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 142 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- PILOT TAXIED INTO WASHOUT PARTIALLY OBSCURED BY WEEDS WHILE OPERATING FROM PASTURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6430U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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