- Date
- December 6, 1967
- Place
- Mt.Pleasant, IA · MT.PLEASANT, IA
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1386WMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113546
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0912 67/12/6 MT.PLEASANT,IOWA MOONEY M20E CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 3500 TIME - 1825 N1386W PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT.PLEASANT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER APPROACHING DARKNESS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- NON INSTRUMENT RATED PLT TOOK OFF IN KNOWN IFR CONDITIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1386W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mt.Pleasant
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