- Date
- March 2, 1969
- Place
- Jamestown, ND · JAMESTOWN, ND
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9720MMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191038
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0759 69/3/2 NR.JAMESTOWN,N DAK MOONEY M20F CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 2100 TIME - 2300 N9720M PX- 1 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 900 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FLEW INTO FOG BANK AT NITE. NOT INST RATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9720M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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