- Date
- April 4, 1968
- Place
- Wessgtn Spg, SD · WESSGTN SPG, SD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3437XMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110553
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2609 68/4/4 NR.WESSGTN SPG,S DAK MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 6445 TIME - 1937 N3437X PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 137 MG PCT. RECOVERY DATE 4/5/68.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3437X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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