- Date
- July 24, 1968
- Place
- Phillipsburg, KS · PHILLIPSBURG, KS
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6850NMooney M20G
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108572
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3594 68/7/24 PHILLIPSBURG,KANS MOONEY M20G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 422 TIME - 0416 N6850N PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILLIPSBURG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) 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 - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- NOT INSTRUMENT RATED PLT TOOK OFF IN KNOWN COND OF FOG AND LOW VISIBILITY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6850N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Phillipsburg
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